SECOND LANGUAGE PHONOLOGY -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Overview of Second Language Acquisition Research -- 1.0 Introduction -- 1.1 The Study of Second Language Acquisition -- 1.2 The Nature of an Interlanguage -- 1.3 Interlanguage Grammars -- 1.4 Factors Affecting SLA -- 1.5 The Question of Ultimate Attainment -- 1.6 Reasons For a Critical Period -- 1.7 Conclusion -- Further Reading -- Chapter 2. General Issues in Interlanguage Phonology -- 2.0 Introduction -- 2.1 What Needs to Be Acquired? -- 2.2 Why Might Pronunciation Be Different? -- 2.3 Contrastive Analysis -- 2.4 The Markedness Differential Hypothesis -- 2.5 Structural Conformity Hypothesis -- 2.6 Summary -- Further Reading -- Chapter 3. Properties of the Learning Theory -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Rationalism/Empiricism -- 3.3 Types of Evidence -- 3.4 Summary -- Further Reading -- Chapter Four. The Acquisition of L2 Segments -- 4.0 Introduction -- 4.2 L2 Feature Geometry -- 4.3 L2 Segments: Performance Factors -- 4.4 Connectionism -- 4.5 Current Approaches to Phonology -- 4.6 The Feature Competition Model -- 4.7 Lexical Phonology -- 4.8 Prosodic Domains -- 4.9 Access to the Principles and Parameters of UG -- 4.10 Summary -- Chapter Five. L2 Syllabification -- 5.0 Introduction -- 5.1 Syllable Structure -- 5.2 Sonority Distance -- 5.3 Eckman and Iverson -- 5.4 A Structural Explanation -- 5.5 Comparing Broselow & Finer with Eckman & Iverson -- 5.6 A Structural Explanation -- 5.7 Coda Consonants -- 5.8 Moraic Structure -- 5.9 Production vs. Perception -- 5.10 Summary -- Chapter Six. L2 Stress -- 6.0 Introduction -- 6.1 Investigating the Metrics of the Languages in Question -- 6.2 Cross-Linguistic Variation -- 6.3 The Research Design -- 6.4 The Polish and Hungarian Studies -- 6.3 Case Studies.

6.4 Another Look at Stress -- 6.5 Stress versus Tone -- 6.6 Phrasal Phonology -- 6.8 Summary of Stress -- Chapter Seven. Mechanisms of Change -- 7.0 Introduction -- 7.1 Grammatical Change -- 7.2 What Changes? -- 7.3 Lexical Parameterization -- 7.4 Defining Relevance -- 7.5 The Domain of Relevance -- 7.6 Where are the Parameters? -- 7.7 Polish Subjects -- 7.8 Hungarian Subjects -- 7.9 Summary -- Chapter 8. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Index -- The series Language Acquisition and Language Disorders.