Foreign Accents, Language Acquisition, and Cerebral Dominance.

Scovel, Tom

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ERIC Number: EJ016089

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Publication Date: 1969

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Foreign Accents, Language Acquisition, and Cerebral Dominance

Scovel, Tom

Lang Learning, 19, 3-4, 245-253, 69 Dec

Paper presented to the Michigan Linguistic Society, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, October 4, 1969. Theorizes that the nature of the brain, not its nurture, inhibits the ability of a person to master the sound patterns of a second language without an accent. (DS)

Descriptors: Adults, Cerebral Dominance, Children, Interference (Language), Language Ability, Neurological Organization, Pronunciation, Psycholinguistics, Second Language Learning, Speech Skills

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