Sandra Schwab
List of John Benjamins publications for which Sandra Schwab plays a role.
Articles
The influence of linguistic and cognitive background on word stress processing in an unknown language Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 10:2, pp. 204–231 | Article
2024 Individual differences in working memory and musical aptitude, as well as task complexity are crucial in predicting the performance of word stress perception in a second language (L2). The present study investigated the interactive effects of these factors with the listeners’ first language.… read more
Explicit versus non-explicit prosodic training in the learning of Spanish L2 stress contrasts by French listeners Journal of Second Language Studies 5:2, pp. 266–306 | Article
2022 Different methods to acquire a language can contribute differently to learning success. In the present study we tested the success of L2 stress contrasts acquisition, when ab initio learners were taught or not about the theoretic nature of L2 stress contrasts. In two 4-hour perceptual training… read more
A preliminary study of penultimate accentuation in French The Phonetics–Phonology Interface: Representations and methodologies, Romero, Joaquín and María Riera (eds.), pp. 93–108 | Article
2015 The aim of this paper is to provide an acoustical study of penultimate accentuation in French. We compare stretches of spontaneous speech produced by four Swiss speakers (from Neuchâtel, considered as the speakers of the regional variety) with the productions of a four Parisian speakers (considered… read more