The goal of this chapter is to provide a selective overview of several theoretical frameworks
designed to explain various aspects of second language (L2) speech (pronunciation) …

Recent studies on the learning of L2 prosody have suggested that pitch gestures can
enhance the learning of the L2 lexical tones. Yet it remains unclear whether the use of these …

The objective of the present study was to investigate (1) whether, and to what degree, late
bilinguals of different L1 backgrounds are comparable to native speakers in the phonetic …

The present study provides a systematic review of prosody research in linguistic journals
through a bibliometric analysis. Using the bibliographic data from 2001 to 2021 in key …

This chapter provides an overview of major theories and findings in the field of second
language (L2) phonetics and phonology. Four main conceptual frameworks are discussed …

The present study examines the production of uptalk in Spanish and in English by Spanish
heritage speakers in Southern California. Following the L2 Intonation Learning Theory, we …

The main aim of this book is to contribute to our understanding of the acquisition of second
language intonation, by comparing Czech learners of Spanish with German learners of …

This study examines the plasticity of native language intonation in English-Austrian German
sequential bilinguals who have migrated to Austria in adulthood by comparing it to that of …

Although the importance of prosody in processing information structure (IS) has been shown
in many languages including English and Mandarin, the interacting effects of prosody with …

The main point of this introduction, and therefore of the special issue, is to reveal and
emphasise research findings which show that the domains of phonetics and phonology are …