Levis / Moyer Social Dynamics in Second Language Accent

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-61451-176-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 303 Seiten

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This volume offers a definitive source for understanding social influences in L2 pronunciation, demonstrating the importance of empirical findings from a number of research perspectives, and outlining the directions that future work can take. The aim is to present a coherent argument for the significance of social factors and how they contribute to phonological acquisition.

Zielgruppe

Applied Linguists, Researchers, Language Teachers

Autoren/Hrsg.

Levis, John M.

Moyer, Alene

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Phonetik, Phonologie, Prosodie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Angewandte Sprachwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Introduction;7
2;Part I: The Nature of Accent;15
2.1;1 The Social Nature of L2 Pronunciation;17
2.2;2 Acoustic-Phonetic Parameters in the Perception of Accent;37
2.3;3 Developmental Sequences and Constraints in Second Language Phonological Acquisition: Balancing Language-internal and Languageexternal Factors;59
2.4;4 Suprasegmental Measures of Accentedness;81
3;Part II: The Learner’s Approach to Pronunciation in Social Context;101
3.1;5 Understanding the Impact of Social Factors on L2 Pronunciation: Insights from Learners;103
3.2;6 L2 Accent Choices and Language Contact;125
3.3;7 Accentedness, “Passing” and Crossing;151
4;Part III: The Teacher’s Approach to Accent;175
4.1;8 Problematizing the Dependence on L1 Norms in Pronunciation Teaching Attitudes toward Second-language Accents;177
4.2;9 Phonological Literacy in L2 Learning and Teacher Training;201
4.3;10 Training Native Speakers to Listen to L2 Speech;225
5;Part IV: The Social Impact of Accent;243
5.1;11 Listener Expectations, Reverse Linguistic Stereotyping, and Individual Background Factors in Social Judgments and Oral Performance Assessment;245
5.2;12 Accent and ‘Othering’ in the Workplace;261
6;Part V: Conclusions;279
6.1;13 Future Directions in the Research and Teaching of L2 Pronunciation;281
7;Subject index;299

Über Autor(innen)

John Levis, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA; Alene Moyer, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.