Welcome!
The primary purpose of this site is to offer access to published research dealing with
second-language (L2) speech acquisition. This research was carried out at the
Biocommunication Research Laboratory at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
(UAB).
The research was supported by grants to me from the National Institutes of Health
while I was a Professor in the UAB Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences. It's
only fair that this work, to which a large number of people contributed, remain
accessible to those currently working in the field of L2 speech research. To
download PDF versions of published research, please click on the button labelled
"L2 Research"
I retired from UAB in 2006 but remain interested in developments within the field of
L2 research. This site provides a way for me to maintain contact with former
colleagues and students and to meet young researchers who have entered the field
since 2006.
The primary purpose of this site is to offer access to published research dealing with
second-language (L2) speech acquisition. This research was carried out at the
Biocommunication Research Laboratory at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
(UAB).
The research was supported by grants to me from the National Institutes of Health
while I was a Professor in the UAB Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences. It's
only fair that this work, to which a large number of people contributed, remain
accessible to those currently working in the field of L2 speech research. To
download PDF versions of published research, please click on the button labelled
"L2 Research"
I retired from UAB in 2006 but remain interested in developments within the field of
L2 research. This site provides a way for me to maintain contact with former
colleagues and students and to meet young researchers who have entered the field
since 2006.
jimflege.com
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What's new?
Previous visitors to this site will note a number of changes already made or in
progress:
Previous visitors to this site will note a number of changes already made or in
progress:
- I have reduced the size of the articles and chapters available offered on this side to
facilitate downloading. All files are in PDF format, so you'll need to use the Adobe
Reader (version 7 or later). Please contact me if you have difficulty downloading
files, if something is missing or if you note a bibliographic or other error.
- In progress: I plan to add a "comments" section following many of the posted
article. I'll offer my own retrospective comments on some of our previously
published research. These comments will regard ongoing theoretical debates that
are as relevant today as they were when first carried out. I'll also make comments
on a few issues of purely methodological interest. Users of the site arre invited to
add their own comments and observations as well.
- In progress: A section entitled "Life in Italy" has been added. It aims to deescribe
what it's like to live in a small town in northern Lazio. My wife and I live in Tuscania
about an hour's drive north of Rome. I've been involved with many things other than
L2 speech research since retiring from my scientific career in the US. One of my
"hobbies" has been playing architect. Another is tracing the Via Clodia, a Roman
consular road that was constructed by the Romans when the conquered the
Etruscan's homeland ("Etruria") in the 3rd century BC.
Photos (top to bottom) Santa Rosa, Tuscania; the countryside outside Tuscania; a stretch of
the Via Cassia NE of Tuscania; an Etruscan tomb; two cows grazing in a field near Tuscania
the Via Cassia NE of Tuscania; an Etruscan tomb; two cows grazing in a field near Tuscania