Bilingualism and the study of speech sounds are two of the largest areas of inquiry in linguistics. This Handbook sits at the intersection of these fields, providing a comprehensive overview of the most recent, cutting-edge work on the sound systems of adult and child bilinguals. Bringing together contributions from an international team of world-leading experts, it covers all aspects of the speech perception, production and processing of bilingual individuals, as well as surveying cross-linguistic influences on the phonetics and phonology of bilingualism. The thirty-five chapters are divided into thematic areas covering the theoretical foundations and methodological approaches employed to investigate bilingual speech, overviews of major findings and developments in child and adult bilingual phonology and phonetics, descriptions of the major areas of research within the speech perception, production and processing of the bilingual individual, and examinations of various predictors of cross-linguistic influence and variables affecting the outcomes of bilingual speech.
‘By combining different disciplinary and methodological perspectives, including theoretical, experimental, sociolinguistic, neurolinguistic, and computational approaches, the volume demonstrates the richness and complexity of our current state of knowledge. The chapters, authored by leading experts in L2 language and speech acquisition, provide a state-of-the-art review of existing research while simultaneously identifying the limitations of existing work and suggesting directions for further research. With its wide coverage and detailed analysis, the handbook is equally suited as a reference for established researchers and as a foundational text for early researchers.’
Arkadiusz Rojczyk Source: Journal of Second Language Pronunciation
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