Commentary published In: Epistemological issue with keynote article “Prosodic effects on L2 grammars”
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 9:6] 2019
► pp. 888–894
Commentary
What do prosodic accounts add to the research on L2 articles?
Published online: 17 October 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.19079.tre
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.19079.tre
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Are prosodic properties of the L1 the source of article omissions in L2 English?
- 3.Do prosodic properties of the L1 contribute to article omissions in L2 English?
- 4.Do prosodic properties of the L1 contribute to article mispronunciation?
- 5.Conclusion
- Note
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