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Direct linkOlson, Daniel J. – Language Learning, 2019
This study employed a targeted phonetic instruction to explore the mechanisms that underpin second language (L2) phonetic acquisition. Broadly, two general approaches to phonetic acquisition have been previously proposed. A segmental approach suggests that learners acquire a series of individual, discrete phonemes (e.g., Flege, 1995), while a…
Descriptors: Phonetics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedEphratt, Michal – Language Learning, 1991
A study of children's acquisition of synonymy as a sense-property during the second childhood period (as defined by Piaget) suggests that, contrary to psychologists' claims, nominal realism is a linguistic phenomenon that should be studied as such. (75 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Case Studies, Child Language, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedHardison, Debra M. – Language Learning, 1996
Two experiments explored factors affecting the influence of visual (lip-read) information on auditory speech perception, the "McGurk effect," in advanced learners of English as a Second Language and native speakers of English. Results demonstrate the influence of first language on the information value of the cues and audiovisual…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Auditory Discrimination, Consonants, English (Second Language)
