English with a Latin beat : studies in Portuguese/Spanish-English interphonology

1. Introduction (by Baptista, Barbara O.) 2. Part I. Segmental-level studies: Vowels 3. Adult phonetic learning of a second language vowel system (by Baptista, Barbara O.) 4. The phonological and phonetic development of new vowel contrasts in Spanish learners of English (by Escudero, Paola) 5. Age and native language influence on the perception of English vowels (by Gallardo del Puerto, Francisco) 6. Part II. Syllable-level studies: Codas and onset clusters 7. The influence of voicing and sonority relationships on the production of English final consonants (by Baptista, Barbara O.) 8. Perception and production of vowel paragoge by Brazilian EFL students (by Koerich, Rosana D.) 9. The sonority cycle and the acquisition of complex onsets (by Carlisle, Robert Stephen) 10. The influence of voicing on the production of initial /s/-clusters by Brazilian learners (by Rebello, Jeanne Teixeira) 11. Production of English initial /s/-clusters by speakers of Brazilian Portuguese and Argentine Spanish (by Rauber, Andreia Schurt) 12. Part III. Prosodic-level studies: Stress and rhythm 13. Variability in the use of weak forms of prepositions (by Watkins, Michael Alan) 14. Perception of double stress by Spanish learners of English (by Lecumberri, M* Luisa Garcia) 15. The production of compound stress by Brazilian learners of English (by Silveiro, Luiz Armando) 16. Author index 17. Subject Index