Paul John
List of John Benjamins publications for which Paul John plays a role.
Articles
2022 On the lexical source of variable L2 phoneme production The Mental Lexicon 17:2, pp. 239–276 | Article
The current study investigates two lexical explanations for variation in L2 production: approximate (‘fuzzy’) representations vs dual URs. The focus is on Quebec francophone (QF) production of English /θ ð/ and /h/, which a reading-aloud task shows to be highly variable. Variation is problematic… read more
2011 Chapter 5. When three equals tree: Examining the nature of phonological entries in L2 lexicons of Quebec speakers of English Applying priming methods to L2 learning, teaching and research: Insights from Psycholinguistics, Trofimovich, Pavel and Kim McDonough (eds.), pp. 105–129 | Article
In this study, we used auditory priming to examine the phonological content of lexical entries for adult second language speakers. In particular, we investigated whether, for native speakers of Quebec French, words like they and day as well as three and tree have identical (i.e., homophonous)… read more