Language transfer and positional bias in English stress

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ID11655779
AuthorsGuilherme D Garcia (0000-0003-1412-3856, Ball State University, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume36
Issue4
Pages445-474
Publication date2019-12-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSecond language Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0267-6583 • E-ISSN: 1477-0326
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0267658319882457
OpenAlexW2993089755
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited36

This article shows that first language (L1) transfer may not be effectively maintained in the interlanguage due to confounding factors in the second language (L2). When two factors, [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], are correlated in the L2, second language learners may only acquire [Formula: see text], even if [Formula: see text] is present in the L1. Transfer may not be effective because [Formula: see text], being more robust in the input, conceals [Formula: see text]. Native speakers, on the other hand, generalize [Formula: see text] in spite of [Formula: see text]. The variables in question are weight-sensitivity ([Formula: see text]) and positional bias ([Formula: see text]) in English, both of which can predict the location of stress in the language. I show that two seemingly target-like groups of second language learners of English (speakers of Mandarin and speakers Portuguese) fail to accurately generalize weight-sensitivity in the language, and instead display response patterns which are predictable given the existing positional bias in English stress

Comprehension approach · First language · Interlanguage · Language transfer · Linguistics · Natural language · Natural language processing · Negative transfer · Portuguese · Stress (linguistics · Transfer (computing · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology

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