Download or read book Universal or Diverse Paths to English Phonology written by Ulrike Gut and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is concerned with the acquisition of English phonology, both segmental and suprasegmental, by learners of English as a second language, as a third language and by speakers of a postcolonial (“new”) variety of English. It focuses on the acquisition process and factors influencing it, based on insights from all three disciplines.