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Investigating English Pronunciation: Trends and Directions is a cutting-edge update on the latest research in the field of English pronunciation. The volume provides readers with fully-developed examples of the latest trends and research topics in English pronunciation from specialists in Europe, Asia, and the United States. These include, amongst others, segmental and suprasegmental features in L1 and L2 varieties of English, sociophonetic or sound-symbolic aspects of pronunciation, and applications such as English pronunciation teaching and learning. The contributions to the volume deal with original topics and make use of a wide variety of methods in researching English pronunciation, illustrating these through a series of selected case studies, and providing readers with a number of novel and motivating questions that will inspire further research.
Investigating English Pronunciation Trends and Directions
by Mompean, Jose A.; Fouz-González, JonásFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2015-10-09
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Author Biography
Jose A. Mompean is Senior Lecturer at Murcia University, Spain. He has previously worked at Université Paris 3 – Sorbonne Nouvelle. He has published in journals such as Cognitive Linguistics and LLT. He was editor in 2006 of a special issue on Cognitive Phonology of International Journal of English Studies and host in 2013 of the Third International Conference on English Pronunciation (EPIP3).
Jonás Fouz González is Assistant Lecturer at Universidad Católica de Murcia, Spain. His research focuses on the impact of new technologies on the teaching and learning of pronunciation. He has published in journals such as Language Learning & Technology.
Jonás Fouz González is Assistant Lecturer at Universidad Católica de Murcia, Spain. His research focuses on the impact of new technologies on the teaching and learning of pronunciation. He has published in journals such as Language Learning & Technology.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction; Jose A. Mompean
PART I: IN AND OUT OF THE LAB/SPEECH IN CONTEXT
2. Making Sense of Nonce Word Stress in English; Gabor Turcsan and Sophie Herment
3. Why Some Things Are Better Done in Tandem; Céline Horgues and Sylwia Scheuer
4. Mixed Accents: Scottish Children with English Parents; Sarah Thomas and James M. Scobbie
PART II: PERCEPTION OF L2 ACCENTED SPEECH
5. Perceptions of Intelligibility and RTs: Accent-tolerant vs. Non-accent-tolerant Listeners; Andrée Lepage and Darlene LaCharité
6. Non-native Accent and Listener Perceptions of Grammaticality; Alan S. Kennedy
PART: III – L2 PHONOLOGY AND ACQUISITION
7. Research, Theory, and Practice in Second Language Phonology: A Review and Directions for the Future; Martha C. Pennington
8. Training L1 French Learners to Perceive Prosodically Marked Focus in English; Mark Gray
9. Tone Units as Indicators of L2 Fluency Development: Evidence from Native and Learner English; Pekka Lintunen, Pauliina Peltonen and Joshua Webb
10. The Impact of L2 Proficiency on Vowel Training; Janice Wing Sze Wong
PART IV: PRONUNCIATION TEACHING
11. Sound Symbolism and Pronunciation Teaching: A Preliminary Study; Pilar Mompeán-Guillamón
12. The English Pronunciation Teaching in Europe Survey: Factors Inside and Outside the Classroom; Alice Henderson, Lesley Curnick, Dan Frost, Alexander Kautzsch, Anastazija Kirkova-Naskova, David Levey, Elina Tergujeff and Ewa Waniek-Klimczak
PART V: TECHNOLOGY
13. Designing Speech Perception Tasks with TP; Anabela Rato, Andréia Schurt Rauber, Denise Cristina Kluge and Giane Rodrigues dos Santos
14. Trends and Directions in Pronunciation Training; Jonás Fouz-González
PART I: IN AND OUT OF THE LAB/SPEECH IN CONTEXT
2. Making Sense of Nonce Word Stress in English; Gabor Turcsan and Sophie Herment
3. Why Some Things Are Better Done in Tandem; Céline Horgues and Sylwia Scheuer
4. Mixed Accents: Scottish Children with English Parents; Sarah Thomas and James M. Scobbie
PART II: PERCEPTION OF L2 ACCENTED SPEECH
5. Perceptions of Intelligibility and RTs: Accent-tolerant vs. Non-accent-tolerant Listeners; Andrée Lepage and Darlene LaCharité
6. Non-native Accent and Listener Perceptions of Grammaticality; Alan S. Kennedy
PART: III – L2 PHONOLOGY AND ACQUISITION
7. Research, Theory, and Practice in Second Language Phonology: A Review and Directions for the Future; Martha C. Pennington
8. Training L1 French Learners to Perceive Prosodically Marked Focus in English; Mark Gray
9. Tone Units as Indicators of L2 Fluency Development: Evidence from Native and Learner English; Pekka Lintunen, Pauliina Peltonen and Joshua Webb
10. The Impact of L2 Proficiency on Vowel Training; Janice Wing Sze Wong
PART IV: PRONUNCIATION TEACHING
11. Sound Symbolism and Pronunciation Teaching: A Preliminary Study; Pilar Mompeán-Guillamón
12. The English Pronunciation Teaching in Europe Survey: Factors Inside and Outside the Classroom; Alice Henderson, Lesley Curnick, Dan Frost, Alexander Kautzsch, Anastazija Kirkova-Naskova, David Levey, Elina Tergujeff and Ewa Waniek-Klimczak
PART V: TECHNOLOGY
13. Designing Speech Perception Tasks with TP; Anabela Rato, Andréia Schurt Rauber, Denise Cristina Kluge and Giane Rodrigues dos Santos
14. Trends and Directions in Pronunciation Training; Jonás Fouz-González
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