“…Most of the research done on the transfer issue has been concerned with segmental phenomena (see Bohn (1995) for an overview of vowels and Strange (1998) for an overview of consonants). Transfer at the prosodic level has also been well documented, however, with stress and rhythm receiving the most attention (e.g., Bannert, 1984;Schmid, 1986;Grover et al, 1987;Flege & Bohn, 1989;Levitt, 1991;Archibald, 1993). While these studies have contributed significantly to the understanding of the nature of the phenomenon, there are still some important unanswered questions to be addressed.…”