Joan A. Sereno

List of John Benjamins publications in which Joan A. Sereno is involved.

Articles

Aljasser, Faisal M., Keonya T. Jackson, Michael S. Vitevitch and Joan A. Sereno 2018 The influence of phoneme inventory on elicited speech errors in Arabic speakers of English The Mental Lexicon 13:1, pp. 26–37 | Article

Previous studies have shown that nonnative phonemic contrasts pose perceptual difficulties for L2 learners, but less is known about how these contrasts affect speech production in L2 learners. In the present study, we elicited speech errors in a tongue twister task investigating L1 Arabic… read more

Sereno, Joan A. and Yue Wang 2007 Behavioral and cortical effects of learning a second language: The acquisition of tone Language Experience in Second Language Speech Learning: In honor of James Emil Flege, Bohn, Ocke-Schwen and Murray J. Munro (eds.), pp. 239–258 | Article

Explanations of language learning often involve appeals to distinct learning mechanisms. On one hand, learners’ innate characteristics are emphasized, with learning tied to a limited time period, a critical period, when the brain is predisposed for success in language learning. This view is often… read more