Murray J. Munro

List of John Benjamins publications for which Murray J. Munro plays a role.

Journal

Subjects Language acquisition | Language teaching | Phonetics | Phonology | Theoretical linguistics

25 years of Intelligibility, Comprehensibility and Accentedness

Edited by John M. Levis, Tracey M. Derwing and Murray J. Munro

Special issue of Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 6:3 (2020) vi, 234 pp.
Subjects Applied linguistics | Language acquisition | Language teaching | Multilingualism | Phonetics | Phonology
Subjects Applied linguistics | Language acquisition | Language teaching | Phonetics | Phonology
Subjects Language acquisition | Language teaching
The term “noise” is often applied to the seemingly random variability that always appears in human data, and which is assumed to be of no interest to the researcher. Some of this variability is unavoidably due to measurement tools or the way in which we use them, and some is due to the unstable… read more
Munro, Murray J. and Tracey M. Derwing 2022 Foreign accent, comprehensibility and intelligibility, reduxThe Evolution of Pronunciation Teaching and Research: 25 years of intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness, Levis, John M., Tracey M. Derwing and Murray J. Munro (eds.), pp. 7–32 | Chapter
We revisit Munro and Derwing (1995a), providing retrospective commentary on our original methods and findings. Using what are now well-established assessment techniques, the study examined the interrelationships among accentedness, comprehensibility, and intelligibility in the speech of… read more
Derwing, Tracey M., Erin Waugh and Murray J. Munro 2021 Pragmatically speaking: Preparing adult ESL students for the workplaceApplied Pragmatics 3:2, pp. 107–135 | Article
The relationship between second language (L2) comprehensibility and pragmatics is explored in two experiments involving instruction of speech acts to learners enrolled in a Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada program. The study was designed to determine whether improved pragmatic… read more
Munro, Murray J. and Tracey M. Derwing 2020 Foreign accent, comprehensibility and intelligibility, redux25 years of Intelligibility, Comprehensibility and Accentedness, Levis, John M., Tracey M. Derwing and Murray J. Munro (eds.), pp. 283–309 | Article
We revisit Munro and Derwing (1995a), providing retrospective commentary on our original methods and findings. Using what are now well-established assessment techniques, the study examined the interrelationships among accentedness, comprehensibility, and intelligibility in the speech of… read more
O’Brien, Mary Grantham, Tracey M. Derwing, Catia Cucchiarini, Debra M. Hardison, Hansjörg Mixdorff, Ron I. Thomson, Helmer Strik, John M. Levis, Murray J. Munro, Jennifer A. Foote and Greta Muller Levis 2018 Directions for the future of technology in pronunciation research and teachingJournal of Second Language Pronunciation 4:2, pp. 182–207 | Article
This paper reports on the role of technology in state-of-the-art pronunciation research and instruction, and makes concrete suggestions for future developments. The point of departure for this contribution is that the goal of second language (L2) pronunciation research and teaching should be… read more
This inaugural issue of the Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, an auspicious step forward in our field, gives us an opportunity to take stock of current trends in pronunciation research with an eye to the future of this evolving field. As longtime researchers, we have learned many lessons by… read more
Munro, Murray J. 2008 7. Foreign accent and speech intelligibilityPhonology and Second Language Acquisition, Hansen Edwards, Jette G. and Mary L. Zampini (eds.), pp. 193–218 | Article
Munro, Murray J. and Ocke-Schwen Bohn 2007 The study of second language speech learning: A brief overviewLanguage Experience in Second Language Speech Learning: In honor of James Emil Flege, Bohn, Ocke-Schwen and Murray J. Munro (eds.), pp. 3–11 | Article
Flege, James Emil, Murray J. Munro and Ian R.A. MacKay 1996 Factors Affecting the Production of Word-initial Consonants in a Second LanguageSecond Language Acquisition and Linguistic Variation, Bayley, Robert and Dennis R. Preston (eds.), pp. 47–74 | Article