Social Dynamics in Second Language Accent

✍ Scribed by John M. Levis (editor); Alene Moyer (editor)

Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 304
Series: Trends in Applied Linguistics [TAL]; 10
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction
Part I: The Nature of Accent
1 The Social Nature of L2 Pronunciation
2 Acoustic-Phonetic Parameters in the Perception of Accent
3 Developmental Sequences and Constraints in Second Language Phonological Acquisition: Balancing Language-internal and Languageexternal Factors
4 Suprasegmental Measures of Accentedness
Part II: The Learner’s Approach to Pronunciation in Social Context
5 Understanding the Impact of Social Factors on L2 Pronunciation: Insights from Learners
6 L2 Accent Choices and Language Contact
7 Accentedness, “Passing” and Crossing
Part III: The Teacher’s Approach to Accent
8 Problematizing the Dependence on L1 Norms in Pronunciation Teaching Attitudes toward Second-language Accents
9 Phonological Literacy in L2 Learning and Teacher Training
10 Training Native Speakers to Listen to L2 Speech
Part IV: The Social Impact of Accent
11 Listener Expectations, Reverse Linguistic Stereotyping, and Individual Background Factors in Social Judgments and Oral Performance Assessment
12 Accent and ‘Othering’ in the Workplace
Part V: Conclusions
13 Future Directions in the Research and Teaching of L2 Pronunciation
Subject index

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