Universal Communicative Strategies in Acquisition of Second Language Phonology

Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-3-89586-650-0
Verlag: LINCOM

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten

Reihe: LINCOM Studies in Language Acquisition

This study investigates the significance of filled and unfilled pause phenomena as a universal strategy in language acquisition to achieve potential in communication across languages. Thai, the language of Thailand is used as a second language by speakers of different first languages as well as a first language in a natural setting, in Thai environment.

The study, by way of contrastive analysis between speech samples of native and non-native speakers, provides statistical results on the distribution of pauses, with discussion of significant features which affect pauses and significance of pauses in conversations in Thai.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chaimanee, Nittaya

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Über Autor(innen)

Nittaya Chaimanee, University of Freiburg