Non-Native Prosody: Phonetic Description and Teaching Practice / Edition 1

by Jürgen Trouvain, Ulrike Gut

Overview

Non-Native Prosody: Phonetic Description and Teaching Practice is a response to the increasing interest in the field of prosody in second language acquisition and teaching. The volume presents an overview of the state of the art in second language prosody learning and teaching and brings together linguistic research on the description and modelling of non-native prosodic structures with L2 teaching methods and practices.

The first part comprises descriptions of non-native prosodic structures (including intonation, stress and speech rhythm) as well as methodological considerations of research in second language acquisition written by experts in the field. These overviews of current theoretical models and results from empirical studies are presented in a format accessible to language teachers. In the second part, some of the leading teaching practitioners and developers of phonological learning materials present a variety of methods and exercises in the area of prosody.

The accompanying audio examples make a useful addition illustrating the descriptions and exercises for various target and source languages. They could be found under "additional material" on this webpage (previously on the CD sold with the book).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110195248
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	07/16/2007
Series:	Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , #186
Pages:	270
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Jürgen Trouvain, Saarbrücken, Germany; Ulrike Gut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universityät Freiburg/Br., Germany.

Editorial Reviews

"Insgesamt ist mit der „Non-Native Prosody“ ein inhaltlich, optisch und ― dank beigefügter Audio-Beispiel-CD ― auch akustisch sehr anregender, ansprechender und anerkennenswerter Sammelband gelungen, der das gegenwärtige Spektrum der Forschung und Lehre auf diesem Gebiet hervorragend repräsentiert."
Baldur Neuber in: Deutsch als Fremdsprache 2/2009

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