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ERIC Number: EJ527841
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0142-6001
Final Cluster Reduction in English L2 Speech: A Case Study of a Vietnamese Speaker.
Osburne, Andrea G.
Applied Linguistics, v17 n2 p164-81 Jun 1996
Examines one aspect of second-language syllable structure, syllable-final clusters, in the English of a Vietnamese first-language speaker. The article shows that errors apparently not due to native-language influence can be so attributed using the cluster reduction rule, that the position of a reduced consonant can be predicted based on interaction with other rules, universal considerations, and native-language syllable structure. (25 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Case Studies, Cluster Grouping, Consonants, English (Second Language), Language Universals, Language Variation, Pronunciation, Second Language Learning, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Uncommonly Taught Languages, Vietnamese, Vowels
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Diphthongs; Sonority Cycle