Scott M. Alvord

List of John Benjamins publications for which Scott M. Alvord plays a role.

Articles

Most studies to date on the ability of English speakers to produce the Spanish approximants [β̞,ð̞,ɣ̞] have impressionistically looked at the stop-spirant contrast of English-speaking learners of Spanish (e.g. Zampini 1994, Díaz-Campos 2004, Face & Menke 2009), but no known study has empirically… read more
Martinsen, Rob A. and Scott M. Alvord 2012 On the relationship between L2 pronunciation and cultureSpanish in Context 9:3, pp. 443–465 | Article
The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between students’ cultural sensitivity and changes in their pronunciation while abroad. The relationship between L2 pronunciation in Spanish and cultural sensitivity is explored in the study-abroad context. A significant correlation is… read more