Phonetics/phonology in third language acquisition: Introduction

摘要

This special issue provides a state-of-the-art overview of the theories, models and research methodology in the phonological acquisition of a third language (L3). The present contributions have been selected from a number of papers given at a satellite workshop of the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), which was held at the University of Freiburg (Germany) from 3 to 4 August 2007 and was organised by Ulrike Gut (now Augsburg), Grit Mchlhorn (Leipzig) and Magdalcna Wrembel (Poznan). Its aim was to explore new methods and fresh theoretical input for investigating and modelling third language phonological acquisition.