Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Part I: The Nature of Accent -- 1. The Social Nature of L2 Pronunciation -- 2. Acoustic-Phonetic Parameters in the Perception of Accent -- 3. Developmental Sequences and Constraints in Second Language Phonological Acquisition: Balancing Language-internal and Languageexternal Factors -- 4. Suprasegmental Measures of Accentedness -- Part II: The Learner's Approach to Pronunciation in Social Context -- 5. Understanding the Impact of Social Factors on L2 Pronunciation: Insights from Learners -- 6. L2 Accent Choices and Language Contact -- 7. Accentedness, "Passing" and Crossing -- Part III: The Teacher's Approach to Accent -- 8. Problematizing the Dependence on L1 Norms in Pronunciation Teaching: Attitudes toward Second-language Accents -- 9. Phonological Literacy in L2 Learning and Teacher Training -- 10. Training Native Speakers to Listen to L2 Speech -- Part IV: The Social Impact of Accent -- 11. Listener Expectations, Reverse Linguistic Stereotyping, and Individual Background Factors in Social Judgments and Oral Performance Assessment -- 12 Accent and 'Othering' in the Workplace -- Part V: Conclusions -- 13. Future Directions in the Research and Teaching of L2 Pronunciation -- Subject index