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ERIC Number: EJ363576
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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The Instrumental Study of L2 Speech Production: Some Methodological Considerations.
Flege, James Emil
Language Learning, v37 n2 p285-96 Jun 1987
Discusses the design and interpretation of instrumental phonetic studies of second language (L2) speech production. The speech of L2 learners is evaluated to determine to what extent it diverges from the differing phonetic norms of L1, which are estimated from the speech of a small number of native speakers. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Arabic, English (Second Language), Interference (Language), Interlanguage, Linguistic Competence, Norms, Phonetics, Phonology, Second Language Learning, Test Construction, Test Interpretation, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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