This Element focuses on phonetic and phonological development in multilinguals and presents a novel methodological approach to it within Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST). We will show how the traditional conceptualisations of acquisition with a strong focus on linear, incremental development with a stable endpoint can be complemented by a view of language development as emergent, self-organised, context-dependent and highly variable across learners. We report on a longitudinal study involving 16 learners with L1 German, L2 English and L3 Polish. Over their ten months of learning Polish, the learners' perception and production of various speech sounds and phonological processes in all of their languages were investigated. Auditory and acoustic analyses were applied together with group and individual learner statistical analyses to trace the dynamic changes of their multilingual phonological system over time. We show how phonetic and phonological development is feature-dependent and inter-connected and how learning experience affects the process.
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1. Introduction; 2. Theories of L2 Phonological Acquisition; 3. The Conceptualisation of Foreign Language Development; 4. Study: Multilingual Development of Phonetics and Phonology; 5. Results; 6. Discussion; 7. Conclusion.
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This Element focuses on phonetic and phonological development in multilinguals and presents a novel methodological approach to it.

Product details

ISBN
9781108994743
Published
2023-08-31
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Weight
110 gr
Height
228 mm
Width
152 mm
Thickness
5 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
70