Language beyond Words: The Neuroscience of Accent

• Main Author: Guadalupe Davila (auth)
• Other Authors: Marcelo L. Berthier (auth), Peter Marien (auth), Ignacio Moreno-Torres (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Neuroimaging; Neuroscience; Foreign accent syndrome; accent loss; foreign accent; accent learning; speech production; accent; Speech Perception
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Language learning also implies the acquisition of a set of phonetic rules and prosodic contours which define the accent in that language. While often considered as merely accessory, accent is an essential component of psychological identity as it embodies information on origin, culture, and social c...