Foreigner talk through word reduction in native/non-native spoken interactions
Bilingualism: Language and CognitionPublished in: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, Volume 21, Issue 2, 419-426 Abstract “We explore the properties of foreigner talk through word reduction. Word reduction signals that the speaker is referring to the same entity as previously and should be preserved for foreigner talk. However, it leads to intelligibility loss, which works against foreigner talk. Pairs of […]
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