Joan A. Sereno
List of John Benjamins publications for which Joan A. Sereno plays a role.
Articles
2018 The influence of phoneme inventory on elicited speech errors in Arabic speakers of English The Mental Lexicon 13:1, pp. 26–37 | Article
Previous studies have shown that nonnative phonemic contrasts pose perceptual difficulties for L2 learners, but less is known about how these contrasts affect speech production in L2 learners. In the present study, we elicited speech errors in a tongue twister task investigating L1 Arabic… read more
2007 Behavioral and cortical effects of learning a second language: The acquisition of tone Language Experience in Second Language Speech Learning: In honor of James Emil Flege, Bohn, Ocke-Schwen and Murray J. Munro (eds.), pp. 239–258 | Article
Explanations of language learning often involve appeals to distinct learning mechanisms. On one hand, learners’ innate characteristics are emphasized, with learning tied to a limited time period, a critical period, when the brain is predisposed for success in language learning. This view is often… read more