Universal Or Diverse Paths To English Phonology (topics In English Linguistics; Volume 86)

The book is concerned with the acquisition of English phonology, both segmental and suprasegmental, by learners of English as a second language, as a third language and by speakers of a postcolonial ( new ) variety of English. It focuses on the acquisition process and factors influencing it, based on insights from all three disciplines." Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. The phonology of Brunei English: L2 English or emergent variety 3. Rothicity in Malaysian English: The emergence of a new norm? 4. Cross-linguistic influence in second vs. third language acquisition of phonology 5. Differences in the perception of English vowel sounds by child L2 and L3 learners 6. Loanword adaptation and second language acquisition: Convergence and divergence 7. Onset consonant cluster realisation in Nigerian English: The emergence of an endogenous variety? 8. Acquiring English and French speech rhythm in a multilingual classroom: A comparison with Asian Englishes 9. A sonority-based account of speech rhythm in Chinese learners of English 10. English word stress in L2 and postcolonial varieties: systematicity and variation 11. Prosodic marking of focus in transitive sentences in varieties of South African English 12. Epilogue: Universal or diverse paths to English phonology? Index

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Deals with the acquisition of English phonology, both segmental and supra segmental, by learners of English as a second language, as a third language and by speakers of a post colonial variety of English. This book focuses on the acquisition process and factors influencing it, based on insights from all three disciplines.