Michael Alan Watkins

List of John Benjamins publications in which Michael Alan Watkins is involved.

Title

English with a Latin Beat: Studies in Portuguese/Spanish–English Interphonology

Edited by Barbara O. Baptista and Michael Alan Watkins

Although it has long been recognized that second language pronunciation is strongly influenced by the native language, second language phonology has only become a recognized area of study during the last thirty years. While English has been the most frequent target language involved, the learners'… read more

[Studies in Bilingualism, 31] 2006. vi, 214 pp.

Articles

Baptista, Barbara O. and Michael Alan Watkins 2006 Introduction English with a Latin Beat: Studies in Portuguese/Spanish–English Interphonology, Baptista, Barbara O. and Michael Alan Watkins (eds.), pp. 1–15 | Miscellaneous

Silveiro, Luiz Armando and Michael Alan Watkins 2006 The production of compound stress by Brazilian learners of English English with a Latin Beat: Studies in Portuguese/Spanish–English Interphonology, Baptista, Barbara O. and Michael Alan Watkins (eds.), pp. 199–210 | Article

This paper describes an analysis of the stress patterns used by advanced Brazilian learners in the production of English compound nouns. It was predicted that the lack of distinction between composite nominals and compound nouns in Portuguese would strongly influence the participants to assign… read more

Watkins, Michael Alan 2006 Variability in the use of weak forms of prepositions English with a Latin Beat: Studies in Portuguese/Spanish–English Interphonology, Baptista, Barbara O. and Michael Alan Watkins (eds.), pp. 171–183 | Article

This study investigated the influence of phonological environment on variability in the production of the weak forms of four prepositions by advanced Brazilian speakers of English. Results of a VARBRUL analysis indicated that four phonological factors were exerting a significant effect: (a) the… read more