John Archibald
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 742942 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | John Archibald |
| NOMBRES | John |
| APELLIDO | Archibald |
| FIRMA | ARCHIBALD J |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Victoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8500-0162 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 26 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1992 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Waiting in the wings
Certain properties of second language (L2) speech are well studied, yet it is uncontroversial to note that L n phonology (where n = any natural number; e.g. L2, L3, etc.) is under-represented in generative approaches to language acquisition compared with the domain of morphosyntax. If, however, we look at L n input and output without taking the learnability of abstract mental representation seriously in our psycholinguistic probes then we miss ou…
Such sweet thunder
In this paper, I provide a general response to the points made in the commentaries. One of the major questions probed is whether gradient, variable output is diagnostic of gradient mental representations. I argue that this is not necessarily the case, and look to aspects of the learning theory (such as input processing, restructuring, and cue reweighting), as well as the architecture of the phonology/phonetics interface to account for such variat…
Phonological parsing via an integrated I-language
Schwartz and Sprouse (2021) argue against property-by-property Transfer ( Westergaard, 2021a , b ) and for wholesale transfer ( Rothman, 2015 ) into a third language grammar by questioning the cognitive plausibility of “extracting a proper subpart from the ... grammar and using that proper sub-system as the basis for a new cognitive state.” I will argue that the insights from the approaches of López (2020) ; Lightfoot (2020) ; Dresher (2018) , an…
Using a contrastive hierarchy to formalize structural similarity as I-proximity in L3 phonology
In this paper I argue that cross-linguistic similarity in third language acquisition is determined by a structural hierarchy of contrastive phonological features. Such an approach allows us formalize a predictive notion of I-proximity which also provides an explanatory model of L2, and L3 phonological knowledge (represented in an integrated I-grammar). The metrics of phonological similarity (i.e., structural not acoustic) are analogous to morphos…
Differential substitution
In this article, I tackle the question of differential substitution in L2 phonology. A classic example of the phenomenon is learners from different L1s attempting to acquire the L2 English interdental fricative /θ/. Speakers of some languages (e.g., Japanese) tend to pronounce the /θ/ as [s] while speakers of other languages (e.g., Russian) tend to pronounce the /θ/ as [t]). Since both Japanese and Russian have both /s/ and /t/ in their phonemic …
Segmental and Prosodic Evidence for Property-by-Property Transfer in L3 English in Northern Africa
In this paper, I argue in favour of property-by-property transfer in the third language acquisition of English by L1 Arabic and L2 French speakers in Northern Africa (Algeria and Tunisia) based on a reanalysis of previous work. I provide a phonological analysis of their spontaneous production data in the domains of consonants, vowels, stress, and rhythm. The L3 phonology shows evidence of influence from both L1 Arabic and L2 French, with mixed in…
Ease and Difficulty in L2 Phonology
A variety of phonological explanations have been proposed to account for why some sounds are harder to learn than others. In this mini-review, we review such theoretical constructs and models as markedness (including the markedness differential hypothesis) and frequency-based approaches (including Bayesian models). We also discuss experimental work designed to tease apart markedness versus frequency. Processing accounts are also given. In terms o…
Phonological redeployment and the mapping problem
In this research note I want to address some misunderstandings about the construct of redeployment and suggest that we need to fit these behavioural data from Yang, Chen and Xiao (YCX) into a broader context. I will suggest that these authors’ work is not just about the failure of three models to predict equivalence classification. Equivalence classification is not the end of the story but only the beginning. We need to look at what cues are dete…
Acquisition of L2 Japanese WH questions
In this article we look at some of the structural properties of second language (L2) Japanese WH questions. In Japanese the WH words are licensed to remain in situ by the prosodic contiguity properties of the phrases which have no prosodic boundaries between the WH word and the question particle. In a rehearsed-reading, sentence production task, we look to see whether non-native speakers of Japanese who are learning the L2 in university classes i…
Turtles all the way down
There are several theories which tackle predicting the source of third language (L3) crosslinguistic influence. The two orthogonal questions that arise are which language is most likely to influence the L3 and whether the influence will be wholesale or piecemeal (property-by-property). To my mind, Westergaard’s Linguistic Proximity Model (LPM) is preferable to other theoretical models (say Rothman’s Typological Primacy Model) insofar as it is con…
Types of evidence and the Prosodic Transfer Hypothesis
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Phonological acquisition
Reviewed by: Phonological acquisition: Child language and constraint-based grammar by Anne-Michelle Tessier John Archibald Phonological acquisition: Child language and constraint-based grammar. By Anne-Michelle Tessier. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. Pp. 414. ISBN 9780230293779. $55. Introduction This book has clearly been written by someone who researches, teaches, and loves phonological acquisition. There are many audiences who are inte…
Language Learnability and L2 Phonology
Introduction. One: Developing a Theory of Language Acquisition. Two: Metrical Phonology. Three: Acquisition of L1 Stress. Four: Research Methodology. Five: The Polish Study. Six: The Hungarian Study. Seven: Comparing the Polish & Hungarian Studies. Eight: Language Teachability. Nine: Summary. References. Appendix A, B, C, D. Name Index. Subject Index
Phonological feature re-assembly and the importance of phonetic cues
It is argued that new phonological features can be acquired in second languages, but that both feature acquisition and feature re-assembly are affected by the robustness of phonetic cues in the input
Second Language Phonology as Redeployment of LI Phonological Knowledge
This article presents research showing that second language (L2) learners do not have deficient representations and they are capable of acquiring structures that are absent from their first language (L1). The Redeployment Hypothesis —which claims that L2 phonologies include novel representations created via redeployment of L1 phonological components—is consistent with data from several domains, including acquisition of phonological features, syll…
Interfaces in the prosodic hierarchy
In this paper I investigate the assignation of syllabic structure to segments in second language learners invoking principles of parsing and learnability. Drawing on the model of Phillips (1996) in parsing, and the work of Fodor (1999) and Dresher (1999) in learnability, I discuss the implications for second language learning. I also look at the question of whether new phonological structure can be triggered if that structure is lacking in the fi…
Vers une politique linguistique nationale à Cuba
L’auteur traite des fondements historiques et contemporains d’une politique linguistique nationale à Cuba. Il examine les deux phases de l’élaboration de cette politique ainsi que les enjeux culturels du projet dans les contextes cubain et hispanophone. Les effets éventuels de ce projet se feront sentir dans plusieurs domaines dont l’éducation nationale, la traduction, la gestion de la terminologie et la cohésion linguistique et culturelle du mon…
Learning to Parse Second Language Consonant Clusters
In this article, a number of broad questions related to the acquisition of consonant clusters in a second language are investigated. Drawing on the structural relations and phonological principles of Government Phonology, it is argued that the behaviour of second language learners can be accounted for by a top-down, left-to-right phonological parser. Appealing to a model of cognitive architecture, it is demonstrated that one can account for the d…
The second language segment revisited
Second Language Phonology
Second Language Phonology
Phonological Acquisition and Phonological Theory
The acquisition of English stress by speakers of nonaccentual languages
Article The acquisition of English stress by speakers of nonaccentual languages: lexical storage versus computation of stress was published on January 1, 1997 in the journal Linguistics (volume 35, issue 1)
A formal model of learning L2 prosodic phonology
In this article I discuss the various components necessary for a formal model of the acquisition of the prosodic phonology of a second language. I outline a model that includes an explicit theory of the representation of metrical knowledge (Dresher and Kaye, 1990; Idsardi, 1992) and the necessary learn ing theory to account for how those representations can be acquired. The learning theory which mediates the interaction between Universal Grammar …
Phonological Development
Segmental and Prosodic Evidence for Property-by-Property Transfer in L3 English in Northern Africa
In this paper, I argue in favour of property-by-property transfer in the third language acquisition of English by L1 Arabic and L2 French speakers in Northern Africa (Algeria and Tunisia) based on a reanalysis of previous work. I provide a phonological analysis of their spontaneous production data in the domains of consonants, vowels, stress, and rhythm. The L3 phonology shows evidence of influence from both L1 Arabic and L2 French, with mixed in…
The acquisition of English stress by speakers of nonaccentual languages
Article The acquisition of English stress by speakers of nonaccentual languages: lexical storage versus computation of stress was published on January 1, 1997 in the journal Linguistics (volume 35, issue 1)
Phonological redeployment and the mapping problem
In this research note I want to address some misunderstandings about the construct of redeployment and suggest that we need to fit these behavioural data from Yang, Chen and Xiao (YCX) into a broader context. I will suggest that these authors’ work is not just about the failure of three models to predict equivalence classification. Equivalence classification is not the end of the story but only the beginning. We need to look at what cues are dete…
Waiting in the wings
Certain properties of second language (L2) speech are well studied, yet it is uncontroversial to note that L n phonology (where n = any natural number; e.g. L2, L3, etc.) is under-represented in generative approaches to language acquisition compared with the domain of morphosyntax. If, however, we look at L n input and output without taking the learnability of abstract mental representation seriously in our psycholinguistic probes then we miss ou…
Phonological feature re-assembly and the importance of phonetic cues
It is argued that new phonological features can be acquired in second languages, but that both feature acquisition and feature re-assembly are affected by the robustness of phonetic cues in the input
A formal model of learning L2 prosodic phonology
In this article I discuss the various components necessary for a formal model of the acquisition of the prosodic phonology of a second language. I outline a model that includes an explicit theory of the representation of metrical knowledge (Dresher and Kaye, 1990; Idsardi, 1992) and the necessary learn ing theory to account for how those representations can be acquired. The learning theory which mediates the interaction between Universal Grammar …
Turtles all the way down
There are several theories which tackle predicting the source of third language (L3) crosslinguistic influence. The two orthogonal questions that arise are which language is most likely to influence the L3 and whether the influence will be wholesale or piecemeal (property-by-property). To my mind, Westergaard’s Linguistic Proximity Model (LPM) is preferable to other theoretical models (say Rothman’s Typological Primacy Model) insofar as it is con…
The second language segment revisited
Transfer of L1 Parameter Settings
This paper describes an empirical investigation as to the utility of a principles and parameters model of grammar in describing the interlanguage grammars of second language learners. I argue that the framework of parameterized universal grammar is useful in accounting for second language learner knowledge and behaviour. The vast majority of their errors can be accounted for by the transfer of their first language (L1) parameter setting into the …
A formal model of learning L2 prosodic phonology
In this article I discuss the various components necessary for a formal model of the acquisition of the prosodic phonology of a second language. I outline a model that includes an explicit theory of the representation of metrical knowledge (Dresher and Kaye, 1990; Idsardi, 1992) and the necessary learn ing theory to account for how those representations can be acquired. The learning theory which mediates the interaction between Universal Grammar …
Phonological Development
Phonological Acquisition and Phonological Theory
The acquisition of English stress by speakers of nonaccentual languages
Article The acquisition of English stress by speakers of nonaccentual languages: lexical storage versus computation of stress was published on January 1, 1997 in the journal Linguistics (volume 35, issue 1)
Second Language Phonology
Second Language Phonology
Learning to Parse Second Language Consonant Clusters
In this article, a number of broad questions related to the acquisition of consonant clusters in a second language are investigated. Drawing on the structural relations and phonological principles of Government Phonology, it is argued that the behaviour of second language learners can be accounted for by a top-down, left-to-right phonological parser. Appealing to a model of cognitive architecture, it is demonstrated that one can account for the d…
The second language segment revisited
Interfaces in the prosodic hierarchy
In this paper I investigate the assignation of syllabic structure to segments in second language learners invoking principles of parsing and learnability. Drawing on the model of Phillips (1996) in parsing, and the work of Fodor (1999) and Dresher (1999) in learnability, I discuss the implications for second language learning. I also look at the question of whether new phonological structure can be triggered if that structure is lacking in the fi…
Vers une politique linguistique nationale à Cuba
L’auteur traite des fondements historiques et contemporains d’une politique linguistique nationale à Cuba. Il examine les deux phases de l’élaboration de cette politique ainsi que les enjeux culturels du projet dans les contextes cubain et hispanophone. Les effets éventuels de ce projet se feront sentir dans plusieurs domaines dont l’éducation nationale, la traduction, la gestion de la terminologie et la cohésion linguistique et culturelle du mon…
Second Language Phonology as Redeployment of LI Phonological Knowledge
This article presents research showing that second language (L2) learners do not have deficient representations and they are capable of acquiring structures that are absent from their first language (L1). The Redeployment Hypothesis —which claims that L2 phonologies include novel representations created via redeployment of L1 phonological components—is consistent with data from several domains, including acquisition of phonological features, syll…
Phonological feature re-assembly and the importance of phonetic cues
It is argued that new phonological features can be acquired in second languages, but that both feature acquisition and feature re-assembly are affected by the robustness of phonetic cues in the input
Language Learnability and L2 Phonology
Introduction. One: Developing a Theory of Language Acquisition. Two: Metrical Phonology. Three: Acquisition of L1 Stress. Four: Research Methodology. Five: The Polish Study. Six: The Hungarian Study. Seven: Comparing the Polish & Hungarian Studies. Eight: Language Teachability. Nine: Summary. References. Appendix A, B, C, D. Name Index. Subject Index
Phonological acquisition
Reviewed by: Phonological acquisition: Child language and constraint-based grammar by Anne-Michelle Tessier John Archibald Phonological acquisition: Child language and constraint-based grammar. By Anne-Michelle Tessier. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. Pp. 414. ISBN 9780230293779. $55. Introduction This book has clearly been written by someone who researches, teaches, and loves phonological acquisition. There are many audiences who are inte…
Types of evidence and the Prosodic Transfer Hypothesis
Preview this article: Types of evidence and the Prosodic Transfer Hypothesis, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/lab.19060.arc-1.gif
Acquisition of L2 Japanese WH questions
In this article we look at some of the structural properties of second language (L2) Japanese WH questions. In Japanese the WH words are licensed to remain in situ by the prosodic contiguity properties of the phrases which have no prosodic boundaries between the WH word and the question particle. In a rehearsed-reading, sentence production task, we look to see whether non-native speakers of Japanese who are learning the L2 in university classes i…
Turtles all the way down
There are several theories which tackle predicting the source of third language (L3) crosslinguistic influence. The two orthogonal questions that arise are which language is most likely to influence the L3 and whether the influence will be wholesale or piecemeal (property-by-property). To my mind, Westergaard’s Linguistic Proximity Model (LPM) is preferable to other theoretical models (say Rothman’s Typological Primacy Model) insofar as it is con…
Ease and Difficulty in L2 Phonology
A variety of phonological explanations have been proposed to account for why some sounds are harder to learn than others. In this mini-review, we review such theoretical constructs and models as markedness (including the markedness differential hypothesis) and frequency-based approaches (including Bayesian models). We also discuss experimental work designed to tease apart markedness versus frequency. Processing accounts are also given. In terms o…
Phonological redeployment and the mapping problem
In this research note I want to address some misunderstandings about the construct of redeployment and suggest that we need to fit these behavioural data from Yang, Chen and Xiao (YCX) into a broader context. I will suggest that these authors’ work is not just about the failure of three models to predict equivalence classification. Equivalence classification is not the end of the story but only the beginning. We need to look at what cues are dete…
Segmental and Prosodic Evidence for Property-by-Property Transfer in L3 English in Northern Africa
In this paper, I argue in favour of property-by-property transfer in the third language acquisition of English by L1 Arabic and L2 French speakers in Northern Africa (Algeria and Tunisia) based on a reanalysis of previous work. I provide a phonological analysis of their spontaneous production data in the domains of consonants, vowels, stress, and rhythm. The L3 phonology shows evidence of influence from both L1 Arabic and L2 French, with mixed in…
Phonological parsing via an integrated I-language
Schwartz and Sprouse (2021) argue against property-by-property Transfer ( Westergaard, 2021a , b ) and for wholesale transfer ( Rothman, 2015 ) into a third language grammar by questioning the cognitive plausibility of “extracting a proper subpart from the ... grammar and using that proper sub-system as the basis for a new cognitive state.” I will argue that the insights from the approaches of López (2020) ; Lightfoot (2020) ; Dresher (2018) , an…
Using a contrastive hierarchy to formalize structural similarity as I-proximity in L3 phonology
In this paper I argue that cross-linguistic similarity in third language acquisition is determined by a structural hierarchy of contrastive phonological features. Such an approach allows us formalize a predictive notion of I-proximity which also provides an explanatory model of L2, and L3 phonological knowledge (represented in an integrated I-grammar). The metrics of phonological similarity (i.e., structural not acoustic) are analogous to morphos…
Differential substitution
In this article, I tackle the question of differential substitution in L2 phonology. A classic example of the phenomenon is learners from different L1s attempting to acquire the L2 English interdental fricative /θ/. Speakers of some languages (e.g., Japanese) tend to pronounce the /θ/ as [s] while speakers of other languages (e.g., Russian) tend to pronounce the /θ/ as [t]). Since both Japanese and Russian have both /s/ and /t/ in their phonemic …
Waiting in the wings
Certain properties of second language (L2) speech are well studied, yet it is uncontroversial to note that L n phonology (where n = any natural number; e.g. L2, L3, etc.) is under-represented in generative approaches to language acquisition compared with the domain of morphosyntax. If, however, we look at L n input and output without taking the learnability of abstract mental representation seriously in our psycholinguistic probes then we miss ou…
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