Publications

 

Books

  1. Thomas, E. M. & Mennen, I. (2014) (Eds.), Advances in the study of bilingualism. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
  2. Colantoni, L. & Mennen, I. (2023) (Eds.). The effects of cross-language differences on bilingual production and/or perception of sentence-level intonation. Basel. MDPI Books.

 

Peer-reviewed journal articles; Published/accepted for publication

  1. Ditewig, S., Reubold, U., Mayr, R. & Mennen, I. (2024). The relation between perceived non-native features in the L1 speech of English migrants to Austria and their phonetic manifestation in L1 productions. International Journal of Bilingualism, 1-17: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/13670069231217595
  2. Colantoni, L. & Mennen, I. (2023). The effects of cross-language differences on bilingual production and/or perception of sentence-level intonation. Languages, 8(2), 108; https://doi.org/10.3390/languages8020108.
  3. Alharbi, A., Foltz, A., Kornder, L. & Mennen, I. (2022). L2 acquisition and L1 attrition of VOTs of voiceless plosives in highly proficient late bilinguals. Second Language Research, 1-31. First published online 5 October 2022. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02676583221124011.
  4. Mennen, I., Reubold, U., Endes, K. & Mayr, R. (2022). Plasticity of native intonation in the L1 of English migrants to Austria. Languages, 7(3), 241. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages7030241.
  5. Kornder, L., & Mennen, I. (2021). Listeners’ linguistic experience affects the degree of perceived nativeness of first language pronunciation. Frontiers in Psychology: Language Sciences. (08 October 2021) https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.717615/full.
  6. Reubold, U., Ditewig, S., Mayr, R. & Mennen, I. (2021). The effect of dual language activation on L2-Induced changes in L1 speech within a code-switched paradigm. Languages, 6 (3). Article 114. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages6030114
  7. Kornder, L., & Mennen, I. (2021). Longitudinal developments in bilingual second language acquisition and first language attrition of speech: The case of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Languages, 6(2), Article 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages6020061.
  8. Mayr, R., Sánchez, D. & Mennen, I. (2020). Does teaching your native language abroad increase L1 attrition of speech? The case of Spaniards in the United Kingdom. Languages, 5 (4), Article 41. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages5040041.
  9. Mennen, I., Kelly, N., Mayr, R. & Morris, J (2020). The effects of home language and bilingualism on the realisation of lexical stress in Welsh and Welsh English. Frontiers in Psychology: Language Sciences. www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03038/full.
  10. Mennen, I. (2018). De toon waarop: Wat is intonatie en hoe kan het afwijken van de norm? Stem-, Spraak- en Taalpathologie, 23, 117-145.
  11. Ordin, M. & Mennen, I. (2017). Cross-linguistic differences in bilinguals’ fundamental frequency ranges. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 60, 1493–1506. DOI: 10.1044/2016_JSLHR-S-16-0315
  12. Mayr, R., Morris, J., Mennen, I. & Williams, D. (2017). Disentangling the effects of long-term language contact and individual bilingualism: The case of monophthongs in Welsh and English. International Journal of Bilingualism, 21(3), 245-267 (first published online 26 November 2015). DOI: 10.1177/13670 06915614921.
  13. Ulbrich, C. & Mennen, I. (2016). When prosody kicks in! The intricate interplay between segments and prosody in perceptions of foreign accent.  International Journal of Bilingualism, 20 (5), 522-549 (first published online on March, 2015). DOI:10.1177/1367006915572383.
  14. Mennen, I., Schaeffler, F. & Dickie, C. (2014). Second language acquisition of pitch range in German learners of English. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 36, 303–329. DOI: 10.1017/S0272263114000023.
  15. Mennen, I. & De Leeuw, E. (2014). Beyond Segments: Prosody in SLA, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 36 (2), 183–194. DOI 10.1017/S0272263114000138.
  16. McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Bowen, C., and the International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children’s Speech (2013). International aspirations for speech-language pathologists’ practice with multilingual children with speech sound disorders: Development of a position paper. Journal of Communication Disorders, 46(4), 375–387. DOI 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2013.04.003
  17. De Leeuw, E., Mennen, I. & Scobbie, J.M. (2013). Dynamic Systems, Maturational Constraints, and Phonetic Attrition. International Journal of Bilingualism, 17, 683-700 (first published online on September 10, 2012). DOI 10.1177/1367006912454620.
  18. International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children’s Speech (2012). Multilingual children with speech sound disorders: Position paper. Bathurst, NSW, Australia: Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning and Education (RIPPLE), Charles Sturt University. http://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/position-paper
  19. De Leeuw, E., Mennen, I. & Scobbie, J.M. (2012). Singing a different tune in your native language: first language attrition of prosody. International Journal of Bilingualism, 16(1) 101–116.
  20. Mennen, I., Schaeffler, F. & Docherty, G. (2012) Cross-language difference in f0 range: a comparative study of English and German. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131 (3), 2249-2260.
  21. Mayr, R., Price, S. & Mennen, I. (2012). First language attrition in the speech of Dutch-English bilinguals: the case of monozygotic twin sisters. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 15 (4), 687–700.
  22. Kuschmann, A., Lowit, A., Miller, N. & Mennen, I. (2012). Intonation in neurogenic foreign accent syndrome. Journal of Communication Disorders, 45, 1-11. 
  23. De Leeuw, E., Schmid, M. & Mennen, I. (2010). The effects of contact on native language pronunciation in an L2 migrant setting. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 13 (1), 33-40.
  24. Lowit, A., Kuschmann, A., Macleod, J., Schaeffler, F., Mennen, I. (2010). Sentence Stress in Ataxic Dysarthria: A Perceptual Acoustic Study. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 18 (4), 77-82. ISSN 1065-1438.
  25. Mennen, I., Scobbie, J. M., De Leeuw, E., Schaeffler, F. & Schaeffler, S. (2010). Measuring language-specific phonetic settings. Second Language Research, 26 (1), 13-41.
  26. Mennen, I., Schaeffler, F., Watt, N., & Miller, N. (2008). An autosegmental-metrical investigation of intonation in people with Parkinson’s Disease. Asia-Pacific Journal of Speech Language and Hearing, 11 (4). 205-219.
  27. Scharff-Rethfeldt, W., Miller, N. & Mennen, I. (2008). Unterschiede in der mittlere Sprechtonhöhe bei Deutsch/Englisch bilingualen Sprechern (Speaking fundamental frequency differences in bilinguals of German/English). Sprache Stimme Gehör, 32: 123 – 128.
  28. Henrich, J., Lowit, A., Schalling, E., & Mennen, I. (2006). Rhytmic disturbances in ataxic dysarthria: A comparison of different measures and speech tasks. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 14, 291-296.
  29. Arvaniti, A., D. R. Ladd & Mennen, I. (2006). Tonal association and tonal alignment: evidence from Greek polar questions and contrastive statements. Language and Speech, 49 (4), 421-450.
  30. Mennen, I. & Stansfield, J. (2006). Speech and language therapy service delivery for bilingual children: a survey of three cities in Great Britain. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 41 (6), 635-652.
  31. Mennen, I. & Stansfield, J. (2006). Speech and language therapy services to multilingual children in Scotland and England: a comparison of three cities. Journal of Multilingual Communication Disorders, 4, 23-44.
  32. Arvaniti, A., D. R. Ladd & Mennen, I. (2006). Phonetic effects of focus and “tonal crowding” in intonation: Evidence from Greek polar questions. Speech Communication, 48 (6), 667-696.  
  33. Mennen, I. (2004). Bi-directional interference in the intonation of Dutch speakers of Greek. Journal of Phonetics, 32, 543-563.
  34. Ladd, D.R., Mennen, I., and Schepman, A. (2000). Phonological conditioning of peak alignment in rising pitch accents in Dutch. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 107, 2685-2696.
  35. Arvaniti, A., Ladd, D.R., and Mennen, I. (1998). Stability of tonal alignment: the case of Greek prenuclear accents. Journal of Phonetics, 26 (1), 3-25.

 

Peer-reviewed book chapters

  1. Morris, J., Mayr, R. and Mennen, I. (2016). The role of linguistic background on sound variation in Welsh and Welsh English. In: Durham, M. and Morris, J. eds. Sociolinguistics in Wales. Basingstoke:  Palgrave Macmillan. DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-52897-1_9.
  2. Mennen, I. (2015). Beyond segments: towards an L2 intonation learning theory (LILt). In E. Delais-Roussarie, M. Avanzi & S. Herment (Eds.), Prosody and Languages in Contact: L2 acquisition, attrition, languages in multilingual situations. Springer Verlag, 171-188. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-45168-7_9.
  3. Mayr, R., Jones, D., & Mennen, I. (2014). Speech learning in bilinguals:  the case of consonant cluster acquisition in Welsh-English bilingual children. In E. M. Thomas & I. Mennen (Eds.), Advances in the study of bilingualism. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, 3-24. DOI: 10.21832/9781783091713-004.
  4. Thomas, E.M. & Mennen, I. (2014). Approaches to the study of bilingualism. In E. M. Thomas & I. Mennen (Eds.), Advances in the study of bilingualism. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, xvii-xxv.
  5. Mennen, I. Speech production in simultaneous and sequential bilinguals (2011). In P. Howell and J. van Borsel (Eds.) Multilingual aspects of fluency disorders. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, pp. 24-42.
  6. Kuschmann, A., Lowit, A., Miller, N. & Mennen, I. (2010). Assessment of intonation. In A. Lowit & R.D. Kent (Eds) Assessment of Motor Speech Disorders, Plural Publishing Group, San Diego, pp. 253-268.
  7. Mennen, I. (2007). Phonological and phonetic influences in non-native intonation. In Trouvain, J. & Gut, U. (Eds.) Non-native Prosody: Phonetic Descriptions and Teaching Practice (Nicht-muttersprachliche Prosodie: phonetische Beschreibungen und didaktische Praxis). Berlin: Mouton De Gruyter, 53 - 76.
  8. Mennen, I. & Okalidou, A. (2007). Greek speech acquisition. In McLeod, S. (Ed.) The International Guide to Speech Acquisition, Part II. Delmar Thomson, 398-411.
  9. Mennen, I. & Levelt, C. & Gerrits, E. (2007). Dutch speech acquisition. In McLeod, S. (Ed.) The International Guide to Speech Acquisition, Part II. Delmar Thomson, 327-339.
  10. Grichkovtsova, I. & Mennen, I. (2007). Child speech and emotions: a cross-linguistic perspective. In K. Izdebski (Ed.). Emotions and the human voice, vol.2, Plural Publishing.
  11. Arvaniti, A., Ladd, D.R., and Mennen, I. (2000). What is a starred tone? Evidence from Greek. In Broe, M. and Pierrehumbert, J. (Eds.) Papers in Laboratory Phonology V: Acquisition and the lexicon, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 119-131.
  12. Mennen, I. and den Os, E. (1993). On the intonation of several Modern Greek sentences. In Philippaki-Warburton, I., Nicolaidis, K. & Sifianou, M. (Eds.)  Themes in Greek Linguistics, Amsterdam: Benjamins, 233-239.