Investigated the influence of gender on certain linguistic strategies that promote camaraderie, specifically in the discourse of Chilean Spanish speakers. Gender was not found to play a completely determining role, although male and female strategy preferences were exhibited. (Author/VWL)

Analyzes the effect of training on perception of English vowels by native speakers of Basque and Spanish. University students who took a training course in English phonetics completed questionnaires and vowel perception tests. Findings confirm that training exerts a positive effect on the perception of English vowels and that this effect is also…