On the Acquisition of Prosodic and Articulatory Features in Adult Language Learning.

Neufeld, Gerald

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On the Acquisition of Prosodic and Articulatory Features in Adult Language Learning

Neufeld, Gerald

Canadian Modern Language Review, 34, 2, 163-74, Jan 78

A report on a study in which twenty adults were tested for their ability to reproduce accurately the articulatory and prosodic features of three languages in which they had received instruction. The goals were to partially test the "critical period for language learning" and the acquisition of a nativelike accent. (AMH)

Descriptors: Adult Learning, Articulation (Speech), Language Ability, Language Research, Learning Theories, Phonetics, Psycholinguistics, Second Language Learning, Suprasegmentals

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