Essays about: "Anna Hed"

Found 2 essays containing the words Anna Hed.

1. 1. Testing the Language Melody Game - An ERP, perception and production study of L2 acquisition of the Swedish word accent – grammar association.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Anna Hed; [2016]
   Keywords : second language acquisition; ERP; word accents; prosody; PrAN; LAN; language processing; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Previous research has shown that L1 speakers use Swedish word accents to predict what linguistic material is to follow. This study investigated how L2 learners of Swedish process the word accent – suffix association. Low to intermediate level L2 learners trained this association for two weeks, using the Language Melody Game. READ MORE

3. 2. Production and Perception of Swedish Word Accents by Somali L1 Speakers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Anna Hed; [2014]
   Keywords : prosody; second language acquisition; Somali; Swedish; word accents; tonal accents; tone accents; pitch accents; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : In this thesis, the production and perception of Swedish word accents by Somali L1 speakers is investigated. The Feature hypothesis, stating that it is easier to acquire a phonological feature in an L2 if the same phonological feature is used in the L1 will be the framework used. Somali is a language that also makes us of word accents. READ MORE