Barbara O. Baptista

List of John Benjamins publications in which Barbara O. Baptista is involved.

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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.

Baptista, Barbara O. 2006 Adult phonetic learning of a second language vowel system English with a Latin Beat: Studies in Portuguese/Spanish–English Interphonology, Baptista, Barbara O. and Michael Alan Watkins (eds.), pp. 19–40 | Article

A longitudinal study of the acquisition of English vowels by Brazilian Portuguese speakers provides evidence for the claim of Flege’s (1995) speech learning model (SLM) that phonetic learning is possible in adulthood, and further that the results of this learning are apparent even in the early… read more

Baptista, Barbara O. and Jair L.A. da Silva Filho 2006 The influence of voicing and sonority relationships on the production of English final consonants English with a Latin Beat: Studies in Portuguese/Spanish–English Interphonology, Baptista, Barbara O. and Michael Alan Watkins (eds.), pp. 73–89 | Article

This paper examines, within the framework of Flege’s speech learning model (SLM), the relevance of two factors – age and native language – for the acquisition of vowel perception abilities by young Spanish learners of English in a formal instructional environment. Findings indicate that age did… read more

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

Rebello, Jeanne Teixeira and Barbara O. Baptista 2006 The influence of voicing on the production of initial /s/-clusters by Brazilian learners English with a Latin Beat: Studies in Portuguese/Spanish–English Interphonology, Baptista, Barbara O. and Michael Alan Watkins (eds.), pp. 139–154 | Article

This paper examines the production of English initial /s/-clusters by Brazilian learners, considering as possible variable constraints cluster length, sonority relations within the syllable, and environment, based on studies by Carlisle with Spanish learners and on Eckman’s markedness differential… read more