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The Effects of the Presence and Absence of Suprasegmentals on the Intelligibility and Assessment of an Expanding-Circle English Speaker according to other Expanding-Circle English Listeners [PDF]

This study attempted to explicate the relationship between suprasegmentals and intelligibility in the speech of non-native speakers of English during communication with other non-native speakers of English. Although a number of scholars have demonstrated
158947, O'neal, George
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The Role of Cognitive, Affective, and Experiential Individual Differences on L2 Pronunciation Production: Implications for the ESL Classroom

The CATESOL Journal
Individual differences (IDs) refer to the cognitive, affective, and experiential factors which determine variability in language learning.  While ID research has had a strong appearance in second language acquisition, its presence in L2 pronunciation ...
Alyssa Kermad, Vedran Dronjic, Okim Kang, Naoko Taguchi   +3 more
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Assessment and Diagnostic Standards of Childhood Apraxia of Speech in Turkish‐Speaking Children: A Scoping Review

International Journal of Language &Communication Disorders, Volume 61, Issue 5, September/October 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a motor speech disorder for which assessment and diagnostic standards have been largely informed by studies of English‐speaking populations. Evidence related to CAS in Turkish‐speaking children remains sparse, is published across both Turkish‐ and English‐language sources, and variable in ...
Eddy C. H. Wong, Aşena Karamete, Ayşın Noyan‐Erbaş   +2 more
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A Guide for Pronunciation Fellows in the International Teaching Assistant Program [PDF]

, 2021
In this paper, we would like to talk about our experiences working with students from the International Teaching Assistant (ITA) Program at Michigan State University over the course of 2019-2020.
Steven Gagnon, SLS Working Papers, Dmitrii Pastushenkov   +2 more
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Head Gestures Do Not Serve as Precursors of Prosodic Focus Marking in the Second Language as They Do in the First Language

Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 3, Page 845-879, September 2026.
Abstract Research shows that children use head gestures to mark discourse focus before developing the required prosodic cues in their first language (L1), and their gestures affect the prosodic parameters of their speech. We investigated whether head gestures also act as precursors and bootstrappers of prosodic focus marking in second language (L2 ...
Lieke van Maastricht, Núria Esteve‐Gibert   +1 more
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A Phonological Comparison of Gamale, Sheram and Ghusbang – Three Kham Varieties [PDF]

Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, 2017
This paper compares the phonologies of Gamāle, Sheram and Ghusbāng, three closely related southern varieties of Khām. The vowel and consonant inventories, suprasegmentals and phonotactics of each variety is described in turn, after which the ...
Christopher P. Wilde
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A new look at suprasegmentals

Ikala: Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura, 1996
 The communicative method has been criticized because in stressing the negotiation of meaning and the speakers intentions, accuracy has become a minor goal.
Cristina Frodden, Maria McNulty
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The Role of Phonological and Rhythmic Skills in Learning to Write Words in Spanish

Journal of Research in Reading, Volume 49, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Both phonological and stress awareness have been related to the development of literacy. Moreover, according to Goswami's temporal sampling theory, another prosodic factor, rhythmic synchronization skill, also favours reading acquisition.
Nieves Valencia‐Naranjo, Nuria Calet, María Auxiliadora Robles‐Bello, Nicolás Gutiérrez‐Palma   +3 more
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Voice Quality in British English. Its Nature, Functions and Applications

Anglophonia, 2019
This paper deals with the functions of voice quality. It also suggests that a number of practical applications can be derived from the study of these functions.Like e.g. Laver (1968; 1980), Sharpe (1970) or Mackenzie-Beck (2005), we take voice quality to
Stephan Wilhelm
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A Modest Proposal for a Synergistic View of Reading

Reading Research Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 3, July/August/September 2026.
A graphic representation of the “Synergistic View of Literacy” development. ABSTRACT This think‐piece presents a synergistic view of literacy development. It argues that literacy learning and teaching best occur through interactive processes in which the various components, from phonological awareness to comprehension, support and strengthen one ...
Melanie R. Kuhn, Katherine A. Dougherty Stahl   +1 more
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