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Accentedness in heritage and societal languages: The role of early exposure and bilingual experience

This study examines how the perceived accentedness of English–Hebrew bilingual adult speakers, in both their heritage language (HL-English) and societal language (SL-Hebrew), is shaped by their early bilingual experiences.
Natalia Meir, Sidney Gordon
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Accentedness, comprehensibility and intelligibility of L2 speech: a replication and extended study [PDF]

, 2016
This thesis examines the relationship between the accentedness, comprehensibility and intelligibility of Second Language (L2) speech, and is based on the replication of an empirical study carried out in the 1990s by Munro and Derwing (1995a).
Pease, Catherine
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Exploring the phonetic sources of the North Korean dialect accent produced by North Korean refugees in Seoul

Frontiers in Language Sciences
This study explored the acoustic characteristics of second-dialect speech that give rise to its accent perception. Specifically, North Korean (NK) dialect speech samples were collected from NK refugees in Seoul, South Korea.
Hwanmin Jung, Jeahyuk Oh, Jeong-Im Han
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Editorial: New ideas in language sciences: language acquisition. [PDF]

Front Psychol, 2023
Lerner I, Guijarro-Fuentes P, Filippi R, Li F, Schwieter JW.   +4 more
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Understanding Accent and Identity on the Border: Exploring Bilinguals’ Perceptions of Intelligibility, Accentedness, and Language-Learning Goals

Ilha do Desterro
Although the field of second language (L2) pronunciation teaching has moved toward intelligibility models and goals, several studies have shown that many L2 learners still profess a desire to sound native-like in their L2.
Shannon McCrocklin
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The role of exposure to Spanish-accented Catalan in the perception of accentedness by Catalan-Spanish bilingual listeners [PDF]

, 2014
Màster de Lingüística Aplicada i Adquisició de Llengües en Contextos Multilingües, Departament de Filologia Anglesa i Alemanya, Universitat de Barcelona, Curs: 2014, Tutor: Joan Carles MoraResearch on perception of accentedness has so far focused on ...
Vega Olmedo, Renato
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Listener perception of appropriateness of L1 and L2 refusals in English

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
English has become an international language (EIL) as speakers around the world use it as a universal means of communication. Accordingly, scholars have investigated different aspects of EIL affecting communicative success.
Maria Kostromitina, Yongzhi Miao
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Relative Difficulty in the Acquisition of the Phonetic Parameters of Obstruent Coda Voicing: Evidence from Mandarin-Speaking Learners of French. [PDF]

Lang Speech, 2023
Patience M, Steele J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Commentary: L2 Phonology: Where Theory, Data, and Methods Meet. [PDF]

Front Psychol, 2021
Shea CE.
europepmc   +1 more source

Trends in Accentedness and Comprehensibility Research, with Respect of L2 Speech Ratings: A Literature Review [PDF]

, 2019
Accentedness and comprehensibility research has greatly evolved since its infancy in in the 1980s. As language learner trends have shifted from native-like mastery to being comprehensible to listeners, a broader range of factors, such as speaker rates ...
Poljak, Livia
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