Dustin Crowther
List of John Benjamins publications for which Dustin Crowther plays a role.
Journals
Articles
Rating L2 speaker comprehensibility on monologic vs. interactive tasks: What is the effect of speaking task type?* Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 6:1, pp. 96–121 | Article
2020 Second language (L2) scholars generally agree that pronunciation development should prioritize understandable over nativelike speech. However, which linguistic features enable understanding lacks clarity. While monologic research indicates a combined effect of segmental and suprasegmental… read more
Linguistic dimensions of second language accent and comprehensibility: Nonnative listeners’ perspectives Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 2:2, pp. 160–182 | Article
2016 The current study investigated the effect of listener status (native, nonnative) and language background (French, Mandarin) on global ratings of second language speech. Twenty-six nonnative English listeners representing the two language backgrounds (n = 13 each) rated the comprehensibility and… read more