Foreign Accent: The Ontogeny and Phylogeny of Second Language Phonology

Even though second-language learners may master the grammar and vocabulary of the new languages, they almost never achieve a native phonology (accent). Scholars and professionals dealing with second-language learners would agree that this is one of the most persistent challenges they face. Roy Majors <em>Foreign Accent</em> offers comprehensive coverage of the scholarship in this area and lays out the issues specifically for audiences in the second language acquisition and applied linguistics community.