The Attainment of an English Accent - British and American Features in Advanced German Learners (Hardcover, New edition)

This book investigates inconsistencies in the accent adopted by advanced German learners of English with respect to differences between standard American and British English (rhoticity, t-voicing, the vowels in the lexical sets "bath", "lot" and "thought"). From a theoretical point of view, the volume contributes to understanding the status of L1 transfer in language learners at "ultimate attainment", a stabilized, late stage in language acquisition. Unlike in many studies in second language acquisition, the approach taken here is variationist, taking into account extra- and intra-linguistic factors as potential explanations for variability. The findings suggest that in addition to the target accent the strongest external factor is time spent abroad, while L1 accent and proficiency level seem to have minor impact only.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Ag
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Inquiries in Language Learning, 20
Release date:	May 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Alexander Kautzsch
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	296
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-631-72099-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Phonetics, phonology, prosody (speech) Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > General
LSN:	3-631-72099-8
Barcode:	9783631720998

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