These accents contribute to the communication problems of foreign language learners. Speech Perception and Linguistic Experience presents the most recent information on how the language environment shapes the way we learn to process the spoken language. Chapters on speech perception of infants who are learning their first language and of children and adults who are learning second languages will increase your understanding of the development of speech perception under the stimulus of normal language exposure, and will increase your sensitivity to problems in creating new perceptual phonetic categories in a second language. Practical suggestions are scattered throughout the book.
Specific topics covered are child language, speech and voice science, and related subjects.
From Infancy to Literacy edited by James F. Kavanagh brings together data on the acquisition and development of language, the uses to which it is put, and the difficulties some experience with it. Your library relies on your recommendations. Please pass along your suggestions for library acquisitions.