Production of Lexical Stress in Non-Native Speakers of American English: Kinematic Correlates of Stress and Transfer.
Purpose: To assess the influence of second language ( L2) proficiency on production characteristics of rhythmic sequences in the L1 ( Bengali) and L2 ( English), with emphasis on linguistic transfer. One goal was to examine, using kinematic evidence, how L2 proficiency influences the production of i...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 821 - 836 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
June 2011
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