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  1. Age still matters after early adulthood

    Article • Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, September 2025, John Benjamins

    Professor Murray J Munro, Dr. Tracey M Derwing

  2. Aspiring to Aspirate: L2 Acquisition of English Word-Initial /p/ Over 10 Years

    Article • Language and Speech, July 2024, SAGE Publications

    Professor Murray J Munro

  3. Listening to the “noise” in the data

    Article • Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, November 2023, John Benjamins

    Professor Murray J Munro

  4. How long can naturalistic L2 pronunciation learning continue in adults? A 10-year study

    Article • Language Awareness, July 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Murray J Munro

  5. Directions for the future of technology in pronunciation research and teaching

    Article • Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, July 2022, John Benjamins

    Dr John M Levis, Professor Murray J Munro, Dr. Tracey M Derwing

  6. Foreign accent, comprehensibility and intelligibility, redux

    Article • May 2022, John Benjamins

    Professor Murray J Munro

  7. The Evolution of Pronunciation Teaching and Research

    Article • April 2022, John Benjamins

    Professor Murray J Munro, Dr John M Levis, Dr. Tracey M Derwing

  8. Pragmatically speaking

    Article • Applied Pragmatics, October 2021, John Benjamins

    Dr. Tracey M Derwing, Professor Murray J Munro

  9. On the Difficulty of Defining “Difficult” in Second-Language Vowel Acquisition

    Article • Frontiers in Communication, August 2021, Frontiers

    Professor Murray J Munro

  10. 25 years of Intelligibility, Comprehensibility and Accentedness

    Article • Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, November 2020, John Benjamins

    Dr John M Levis, Dr. Tracey M Derwing, Professor Murray J Munro

  11. Foreign accent, comprehensibility and intelligibility, redux

    Article • Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, August 2020, John Benjamins

    Dr. Tracey M Derwing, Professor Murray J Munro

  12. From the Editors / De la part des rédacteurs en chef

    Article • Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes, November 2019, University of Toronto Press (UTPress)

    Professor Murray J Munro

  13. From the Editors / De la part des rédacteurs en chef

    Article • Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes, March 2019, University of Toronto Press (UTPress)

    Professor Murray J Munro

  14. Éditorial/Editorial

    Article • Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes, May 2017, University of Toronto Press (UTPress)

    Professor Murray J Munro

  15. Pronunciation Fundamentals

    Article • July 2015, John Benjamins

    Professor Murray J Munro, Dr. Tracey M Derwing

  16. Intelligibility in Research and Practice

    Article • April 2015, Wiley

    Professor Murray J Munro

  17. A prospectus for pronunciation research in the 21st century

    Article • Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, March 2015, John Benjamins

    Professor Murray J Munro, Dr. Tracey M Derwing

  18. Segmental Priorities

    Article • IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, January 2015, De Gruyter

    Professor Murray J Munro, Dr. Tracey M Derwing

  19. The Early Phase of /ɹ/ Production Development in Adult Japanese Learners of English

    Article • Language and Speech, November 2014, SAGE Publications

    Professor Murray J Munro

  20. Tone assimilation by Mandarin and Thai listeners with and without L2 experience

    Article • Journal of Phonetics, September 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Murray J Munro

  21. Opening the Window on Comprehensible Pronunciation After 19 Years: A Workplace Training Study

    Article • Language Learning, July 2014, Wiley

    Professor Murray J Munro

  22. The Development of L2 Oral Language Skills in Two L1 Groups: A 7-Year Study

    Article • Language Learning, March 2013, Wiley

    Professor Murray J Munro

  23. Intelligibility

    Article • November 2012, Wiley

    Professor Murray J Munro

  24. Phonetics and Phonology: Overview

    Article • November 2012, Wiley

    Professor Murray J Munro

  25. A Longitudinal Study of Listening Perception in Adult Learners of English: Implications for Teachers

    Article • Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes, August 2012, University of Toronto Press (UTPress)

    Professor Murray J Munro

  26. The foundations of accent and intelligibility in pronunciation research

    Article • Language Teaching, May 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Murray J Munro

  27. Hemispheric processing of tones by listeners with or without tone experience.

    Article • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, April 2011, Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

    Professor Murray J Munro

  28. Detection of nonnative speaker status from content-masked speech

    Article • Speech Communication, July 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Murray J Munro

  29. Symposium – Accentuating the Positive: Directions in Pronunciation Research

    Article • Language Teaching, June 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Murray J Munro

  30. Comprehensibility as a Factor in Listener Interaction Preferences: Implications for the Workplace

    Article • Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes, December 2009, University of Toronto Press (UTPress)

    Professor Murray J Munro

  31. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN L1 FLUENCY AND L2 FLUENCY DEVELOPMENT

    Article • Studies in Second Language Acquisition, October 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Murray J Munro

  32. Putting accent in its place: Rethinking obstacles to communication

    Article • Language Teaching, December 2008, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Murray J Munro

  33. Segmental Acquisition in Adult ESL Learners: A Longitudinal Study of Vowel Production

    Article • Language Learning, September 2008, Wiley

    Professor Murray J Munro

  34. 7. Foreign accent and speech intelligibility

    Article • January 2008, John Benjamins

    Professor Murray J Munro

  35. A Longitudinal Study of ESL Learners' Fluency and Comprehensibility Development

    Article • Applied Linguistics, July 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Murray J Munro

  36. Language Experience in Second Language Speech Learning

    Article • January 2007, John Benjamins

    Professor Murray J Munro

  37. The study of second language speech learning

    Article • January 2007, John Benjamins

    Professor Murray J Munro

  38. The functional load principle in ESL pronunciation instruction: An exploratory study

    Article • System, December 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Murray J Munro

  39. English pronunciation and fluency development in Mandarin and Slavic speakers

    Article • System, June 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Murray J Munro

  40. THE MUTUAL INTELLIGIBILITY OF L2 SPEECH

    Article • Studies in Second Language Acquisition, February 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Murray J Munro

  41. Second Language Accent and Pronunciation Teaching: A Research-Based Approach

    Article • TESOL Quarterly, September 2005, JSTOR

    Professor Murray J Munro

  42. Pragmatic Perspectives on the Preparation of Teachers of English as a Second Language: Putting the NS/NNS Debate in Context

    Article • January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Murray J Munro

  43. Computer-based training for learning English vowel contrasts

    Article • System, December 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Murray J Munro

  44. Second Language Fluency: Judgments on Different Tasks

    Article • Language Learning, October 2004, Wiley

    Professor Murray J Munro

  45. A Primer on Accent Discrimination in the Canadian Context

    Article • TESL Canada Journal, June 2003, TESL Canada Federation

    Professor Murray J Munro

  46. Teaching Native Speakers to Listen to Foreign-accented Speech

    Article • Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, September 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Murray J Munro

  47. The Second-Hand Effects of Bitching

    Article • Annals of Improbable Research, November 2001, Improbable Research Inc.

    Professor Murray J Munro

  48. What speaking rates do non-native listeners prefer?

    Article • Applied Linguistics, September 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Murray J Munro

  49. Does Popular Speech Recognition Software Work with ESL Speech?

    Article • TESOL Quarterly, January 2000, JSTOR

    Professor Murray J Munro

  50. Canadians in Alabama: a perceptual study of dialect acquisition in adults

    Article • Journal of Phonetics, October 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Murray J Munro

  51. Foreign Accent, Comprehensibility, and Intelligibility in the Speech of Second Language Learners

    Article • Language Learning, January 1999, Wiley

    Professor Murray J Munro

  52. Evidence in Favor of a Broad Framework for Pronunciation Instruction

    Article • Language Learning, September 1998, Wiley

    Professor Murray J Munro

  53. THE EFFECTS OF NOISE ON THE INTELLIGIBILITY OF FOREIGN-ACCENTED SPEECH

    Article • Studies in Second Language Acquisition, June 1998, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Murray J Munro

  54. The Effects of Speaking Rate on Listener Evaluations of Native and Foreign-Accented Speech

    Article • Language Learning, June 1998, Wiley

    Professor Murray J Munro

  55. ACCENT, INTELLIGIBILITY, AND COMPREHENSIBILITY

    Article • Studies in Second Language Acquisition, March 1997, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Murray J Munro

  56. The effects of age of second language learning on the production of English vowels

    Article • Applied Psycholinguistics, July 1996, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Murray J Munro

  57. Factors Affecting the Production of Word-initial Consonants in a Second Language

    Article • January 1996, John Benjamins

    Professor Murray J Munro

  58. Processing Time, Accent, and Comprehensibility in the Perception of Native and Foreign-Accented Speech

    Article • Language and Speech, July 1995, SAGE Publications

    Professor Murray J Munro

  59. The perception of English and Spanish vowels by native English and Spanish listeners: A multidimensional scaling analysis

    Article • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, April 1995, Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

    Professor Murray J Munro

  60. Nonsegmental Factors in Foreign Accent

    Article • Studies in Second Language Acquisition, March 1995, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Murray J Munro

  61. Foreign Accent, Comprehensibility, and Intelligibility in the Speech of Second Language Learners

    Article • Language Learning, March 1995, Wiley

    Professor Murray J Munro

  62. Effects of age of second-language learning on the production of English consonants

    Article • Speech Communication, January 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Murray J Munro

  63. Factors affecting strength of perceived foreign accent in a second language

    Article • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, January 1995, Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

    Professor Murray J Munro

  64. The Word Unit in Second Language Speech Production and Perception

    Article • Studies in Second Language Acquisition, December 1994, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Murray J Munro

  65. Evaluations of foreign accent in extemporaneous and read material

    Article • Language Testing, November 1994, SAGE Publications

    Professor Murray J Munro

  66. Auditory and categorical effects on cross-language vowel perception

    Article • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, June 1994, Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

    Professor Murray J Munro

  67. Productions of English Vowels by Native Speakers of Arabic: Acoustic Measurements and Accentedness Ratings

    Article • Language and Speech, January 1993, SAGE Publications

    Professor Murray J Munro

  68. Perception of ‘Voicing’ in Whispered Stops

    Article • Phonetica, January 1990, Karger Publishers

    Professor Murray J Munro

  69. 10. Training Native Speakers to Listen to L2 Speech

    Article • De Gruyter

    Professor Murray J Munro