On the Acquisition of Second Language Timing Patterns

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4501875
AutoresMarios Fourakis (University of Iowa), Gregory K Iverson (University of Iowa)
Año1985
Volumen35
Número3
Páginas431-442
Fecha de publicación1985-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLanguage Learning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-1770.1985.tb01086.x
OpenAlexW2023696550
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas5

This paper presents the results of an experiment which examined the temporal characteristics of voiceless plosives in American English. Arabic, and Arabic-accented English. Results showed that the temporal implementation of closure duration and Voice Onset Time delay was different for each of the three groups. surprisingly, however. Arabic-accented English fell not between the norms established by Arabic and English proper, but rather departed from the target language goal (shorter closures, longer VOT delays) with longer closures and shorter VOT delays than is characteristic of Arabic itself This unusual interlanguage phenomenon can be explained in terms ot the Arabic speakers having learned that English displays a constant voiceless interval (Weismer 1980) among all places of articulation, but having mislearned that the distribution internal to this interval varies according to positional factors

Acoustics · Arabic · Articulation (sociology) · Duration (music) · Interlanguage · Interval (graph theory) · Linguistics · Second language · Second-language acquisition · Variation (astronomy) · Voice-onset time · Vowel · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation