Recent research in second language phonetics/phonology: perception and production ; [papers ... presented at ''New Sounds 2007: Fifth International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech'', held in Florianópolis, Brazil, in November 2007]

Recent Research in Second Language Phonetics/Phonology: Perception and Production reports the findings of seventeen interphonology studies on perception/production of sounds by different first language speakers. All the papers describe careful empirical research, and as such will be of great interest to anyone working, or intending to work, in the specific field of second language phonological acquisition. However, given that speech production and perception are highly complex skills, the research findings in this volume will also be relevant to those with a broader interest in language learning or cognition in general. Assessing The Effects Of Phonetic Training On L2 Sound Perception And Production / Cristina Aliaga-garcía And Joan C. Mora -- Training And Generalization Effects Of English Vowel Reduction For Spanish Listeners / Esther Gómez Lacabex, María Luisa García Lecumberri And Martin Cooke -- Starting Age And Exposure Effects On Efl Learners' Sound Production In A Formal Learning Context / Ian R.a. Mackay And Natalia Fullana -- The Impact Of Allophonic Variation On L2 Speech Perception / Chiara Celata -- Perception And Production In The Acquisition Of L2 Phonemic Contrasts / Fred Eckman, Gregory Iverson, Robert Allen Fox, Ewa Jacewicz And Soyoung Lee -- Production And Perception Of Voicing Contrasts In English Word-final Obstruents : Assessing The Effects Of Experience And Starting Age / Natalia Fullana And Joan C. Mora -- Francophone Esl Learners' Difficulties With English /h/ / Paul John And Walcir Cardoso -- The Use Of Visual Cues In The Perception Of English Syllabe-final Nasals By Brazilian Efl Learners / Denise Cristina Kluge, Mara Silvia Reis, Denize Nobre-oliveira, And Melissa Bettoni -- Perceptual Training In The Pronunciation Of /s/-clusters In Brazilian Portuguese/english Interphonology / Melissa Bettoni & Rosana D. Koerich -- When Input Frequency Patterns Fail To Drive Learning : The Acquisition On Sc Onset Clusters / Walcir Cardoso & Denis Liakin -- The Variable Perception Of /s/+ Coronal Onset Clusters In Brazilian Portuguese English / Walcir Cardoso, Paul John & Leif French -- Interaction Of L2 Phonotactics And L1 Syllable Structure In L2 Vowel Production / Juli Cebrian -- Factors Influencing The Vot Of English Long Lag Stops And Interlanguage Phonology / Mehmet Yavaş -- First Language Attrition In Foreign Accent Detection / Roy C. Major & Barbara O. Baptista -- Investigating The Role Of Orthography In The Acquisition Of L2 Pronunciation : A Case Study / Rosane Silveira -- The Impact Of Voice Quality Resetting On The Perception Of A Foreign Accent In Third Language Acquisition / Magdalena Wrembel -- Perception Of Norwegian Word Tones By Chinese And German Listeners / Wim Van Dommelen & Olaf Husby. Editors, Michael A. Watkins, Andreia S. Rauber And Barbara O. Baptista. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.