Romy Ghanem is Assistant Professor at Northern Arizona University. Her research interests include second language acquisition, second language pronunciation, applied phonology, World Englishes, and language structure.

Okim Kang is Associate Professor, TESL and Applied Linguistics, and Director of the Applied Linguistics Lab at Northern Arizona University. Her research specialties are L2 pronunciation, oral proficiency assessment, language attitudes, and speech perception and production.

Maria Kostromitina is a PhD candidate in Applied Linguistics at Northern Arizona University. Her research interests include the intersection of second language pragmatics and phonology, World Englishes in the assessment contexts, and corpus linguistics.

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This book integrates theoretical and practical perspectives on computer-assisted analysis of spoken discourse, reflecting recent important developments in speech analysis for language teaching and assessment.

Contenu

List of illustrations

Chapter 1Introdution
1.1 Why Spoken Language?
1.2 Spoken Language in the Fields of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
1.3 L1 Spoken Discourse
1.4 L2 Spoken Discourse
1.5 Scope of the Book
References

Chapter 2
Considerations in the Dwescription and Analysis of L2 Spoken Discourse Section A: Considerations for Researchers

2.1 Introduction
2.2 Theoretical Considerations for the Analysis of L2 Spoken Discourse
2.3 Corpus Linguistics Methods of Analysis of L2 Spoken Discourse
2.4 Data Sources
2.5 Units of Analysis in L2 Spoken Discourse
2.6 Methods of Acoustic and Temporal Analyses of L2 Spoken Discourse
2.7 Challenges in Describing and Analyzing L2 Spoken Discourse

Section B: Considerations for Teachers

2.8 Historical Development of L2 Pronunciation in the Classroom
2.9 Representation of Speech Related Features in the L2 Classroom
2.10 L2 Speech and Language Assessment
References

Chapter 3
Segmental Features

Section A: Definitions and Research Findings
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Consonant Features
3.3 Vowel Features
3.4 The English Syllable

Section B: Extraction and Analysis
3.5 Consonant Features
3.6 Vowel Features
3.7 Syllable Features

Section C: Pedagogical Applications
3.8 Consonant Features
3.9 Vowel Features
References

Chapter 4

Suprasegmental FeaturesSection A: Definitions and Research Findings
4.1 Introduction4.2 Phonological Processes and Connected Speech4.3 Rhythm4.4 Fluency4.5 Prosody

Section B: Extraction and Analysis
4.6 Phonological Processes and Connected Speech4.7 Rhythm4.8 Fluency4.9 Prosody

Section C: Pedagogical Applications
4.10 Syllables
4.11 Connected Speech and Phonological Processes
4.12 Prosody
References

**Chapter 5
The Lexis and Grammar of Spoken Discourse

Section A: Definitions and Research Findings
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Lexical Features in Spoken Discourse
5.3 Grammatical Features in Spoken Discourse
5.4 Functional Correlates of Conversational Features
5.5 Grammatical Features in L2 Spoken Discourse

Section B: Extraction and Analysis
5.6 Part 1: Lexico-Grammatical Analyses in Collected Speech Files
5.7 Part 2: Lexico-Grammatical Analyses Using Online Corpora

Section C: Pedagogical Applications
References

**Chapter 6
Pragmatic FeaturesSection A: Definitions and Research Findings
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Pragmatic Constructs and Features of Spoken Discourse

6.3 Pragmatic Functions Carried by Linguistic Features

Section B: Extraction and Analysis

6.4 Selection of Pragmatic Features of Interest
6.5 Analysis of Selected Pragmatic Features
6.6 Data for Pragmatic Analysis
6.7 Research Applications

Section C: Pedagogical Applications
References

**Chapter 7
Spoken discourse in a global context and future directions

Section A: World/Global Englishes
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Kachrüs Three Concentric Circles
7.3 New Englishes varieties
7.4 English as an International Language (EIL)
7.5 Pedagogical Implications

Section B: Recommendations and Future Directions
References

Index