Prosody and language in contact : L2 acquisition, attrition and languages in multilingual situations /: L2 acquisition, attrition and languages in multilingual situations. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Elisabeth Delais-Roussarie, Mathieu Avanzi, Sophie Herment, editors.
• Editors: Delais-Roussarie, Elisabeth; Avanzi, Mathieu; Herment, Sophie
• Contents: Introduction -- Language varieties and Contact situations -- Markedness considerations in L2 prosodic focus and givenness marking -- Traces of the lexical tone system of Sango in Central African French -- The question intonation of Malay speakers of English -- Prosody in language contact: Occitan and French -- Falling yes/no questions in Corsican French and Corsican: evidence for a prosodic transfer -- You're not from around here, are you? -- Rhythmic properties of a contact variety: Comparing read and semi-spontaneous speech in Argentinean Porteño Spanish -- Attrition, L2 acquisition, bilingual development and languages in contact -- Beyond segments: towards a L2 intonation learning theory -- Tonal Change Induced by Language Attrition and Phonetic Similarity in Hai-lu Hakka -- An Investigation of Prosodic Features in the German Speech of Chinese Speakers -- The Acquisition of Question Intonation by Mexican Spanish Learners of French -- Language interaction in the development of speech rhythm in simultaneous bilinguals.
• Publisher Details: Berlin : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 414.6; Prosodic analysis (Linguistics); Language acquisition; Language attrition; Multilingualism; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Phonetics & Phonology; Language acquisition; Language attrition; Multilingualism; Prosodic analysis (Linguistics); Linguistics; Comparative Linguistics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783662451687; 3662451689; 3662451670; 9783662451670
• Related ISBNs: 9783662451670
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