Final Cluster Reduction in English L2 Speech

A Case Study of a Vietnamese Speaker

Bibliographic Data

ID22870970
AuthorsAndrea G Osburne (Central Connecticut State University, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume17
Issue2
Pages164-181
Publication date1996-06-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueApplied Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0142-6001 • E-ISSN: 1477-450X
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/applin/17.2.164
OpenAlexW2039873677
LanguageEN
Citations received8

In attempting to determine the relative role of native language influence in learners' second language phonology, few areas have received as much attention as interlanguage syllable structure And in explaining how learners render unfamiliar second language syllables pronounceable, few proposed rules have been as prominent as cluster reduction, formalized by Eckman (1986) Theories of second language phonology based on traditional ideas of contrast, of interlanguage development, of markedness differentials, and of parameter setting all rely on the concept of a rule of cluster reduction to make their analyses work This paper examines one aspect of second language syllable structure, syllable-final clusters, in the English of a Vietnamese LI speaker Extending Benson's (1988) analysis, it shows how errors apparently not due to native language influence can be so attributed using the cluster reduction rule Furthermore, it shows that the position of a reduced consonant can be largely predicted based on interaction with other rules, universal considerations, and native language syllable structure

Consonant · Consonant cluster · First language · Interlanguage · Linguistics · Markedness · Phonology · Reduction (mathematics) · Syllable · Vietnamese · Vowel · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology

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