Michael Alan Watkins

List of John Benjamins publications for which Michael Alan Watkins plays a role.

Title

English with a Latin Beat: Studies in Portuguese/Spanish–English Interphonology

Edited by Barbara O. Baptista and Michael Alan Watkins

[Studies in Bilingualism, 31] 2006. vi, 214 pp.
Subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Multilingualism | Phonology | Romance linguistics

Articles

Baptista, Barbara O. and Michael Alan Watkins 2006 IntroductionEnglish with a Latin Beat: Studies in Portuguese/Spanish–English Interphonology, Baptista, Barbara O. and Michael Alan Watkins (eds.), pp. 1–15 | Miscellaneous
Silveiro, Luiz Armando and Michael Alan Watkins 2006 The production of compound stress by Brazilian learners of EnglishEnglish with a Latin Beat: Studies in Portuguese/Spanish–English Interphonology, Baptista, Barbara O. and Michael Alan Watkins (eds.), pp. 199–210 | Article
This paper describes an analysis of the stress patterns used by advanced Brazilian learners in the production of English compound nouns. It was predicted that the lack of distinction between composite nominals and compound nouns in Portuguese would strongly influence the participants to assign… read more
Watkins, Michael Alan 2006 Variability in the use of weak forms of prepositionsEnglish with a Latin Beat: Studies in Portuguese/Spanish–English Interphonology, Baptista, Barbara O. and Michael Alan Watkins (eds.), pp. 171–183 | Article
This study investigated the influence of phonological environment on variability in the production of the weak forms of four prepositions by advanced Brazilian speakers of English. Results of a VARBRUL analysis indicated that four phonological factors were exerting a significant effect: (a) the… read more