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.

Ulrike Gut andRobert Fuchs, University of Munster, Germany;Eva-Maria Wunder, University of Augsburg, Germany.