Learning to Speak without an Accent [microform] : Acquisition of a Second-Language Phonology. Papers and Reports on Child Language Development, Number 18 / Randa Mulford and Barbara F. Hecht.

An investigation of the naturalistic acquisition of a second language phonology, based on the case of a native Icelandic speaker learning the fricatives and affricates of English, reveals that neither transfer hypothesis nor the developmental hypothesis alone provides an adequate explanation of seco...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Mulford, Randa
Corporate Author:	Stanford University. Department of Linguistics
Other Authors:	Hecht, Barbara F.
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1980.
Subjects:	Adults. Cognitive Development. Contrastive Linguistics. English (Second Language) Interference (Language) Language Research. Phonology. Pronunciation. Psycholinguistics. Second Language Learning.