Universal Preference for the Open Syllable as an Independent Process in Interlanguage Phonology

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ID4503023
AuthorsBronwen Benson (University of Minnesota, corresponding author)
Year1988
Volume38
Issue2
Pages221-235
Publication date1988-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage Learning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-1770.1988.tb00410.x
OpenAlexW2081880149
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited4

The focus of this study is the question: Is there evidence of a universal preference for the open syllable in Interlanguage (IL) phonology? The subjects are two Vietnamese speakers and the data consist of recordings of the subjects in informal conversation first in the IL and then in the native language (NL). An error analysis conducted on the IL data was restricted to the subjects' attempts at target language words most similar in syllable structure to words in the NL, monosyllabic words ending in postvocalic [p t k m n η]. The findings give limited support for the hypothesis that a universal preference for the open syllable is a shaping force in IL phonology independent of the process of NL transfer but also indicate the importance of the preceding vocalic context in the NL transfer processes, and the overall importance in IL research of gathering NL data comparable to the IL data, as the subjects' NL data proved crucial in shaping the findings of this study

Context (archaeology) · Conversation · Focus (optics) · Geography · Interlanguage · Linguistics · Phonological rule · Phonology · Preference · Syllable · Vietnamese · Communication · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Mathematics · Multilingual Education and Policy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology

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