Abstract Recently, scholars have begun to explore the hypothesis that individual differences in domain-general auditory perception, which has been identified as an anchor of L1 acquisition, could explain some variance postpubertal L2 learners’ segmental and suprasegmental learning immersive settings. The current study set out examine generalizability topic acquisition higher-level linguistic pr...

Nigerian English as a variety of world Englishes has received scholarly investigations at the segmental and suprasegmental levels. At level, studies on major varieties have identified characteristic nature stress assignment interactions, but little or no research explored loanwords in English. The study examines placements among educated Igbo Yoruba speakers A well-prepared text is read by sixt...

The article deals with the essence of stress in methodical training system phonetics future teachers-philologists. Based on systemic, analytic-synthetic methods and competence approach concept «methodical phonetics» is defined, specific principles are designed article. study revealed that main components structure goals, content, methods, means, organizational forms educational process aimed to...

This paper argues that the linguistic forms of intonation that have scope over the whole sentence are morphemic, and should therefore be classified as suprasegmental sentence particles. In defense of this hypothesis, a range of studies are reviewed which argue that intonation expresses discourse meanings (or has grammatical functions), and that these meanings (or functions) are comparable to th...

In Neapolitan Italian, the LH nuclear accent rise is later in questions (L*+H) than in statements (L+H*). Furthermore, the H target is later in closed syllables than in open (penultimate) syllables, in both intonation modalities. As a consequence, the H target is differently located in lexical minimal pairs contrasting in consonantal length and syllable structure, such as nonno /'nnno/ ‘grandf...

To guarantee a good quality of synthesized speech in a rule-based synthesis, detailed and accurate segmental and suprasegmental rules for a given text are necessary. Especially, much work on the prosodic structure is needed. The goal of this study is to examine roles of syntactic information, intonation pattern, and phrase final lengthening in formation of prosodic units or perception of a phra...

Oral communication always demands clarity in producing a language such as English order to minimize or avoid failure. However, the context of using medium among speakers who consider it their second language, regardless acquired proficiency, they still commit phonological errors, either intended otherwise. Ironically, commission errors expected phonology consequently facilitated process instead...