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ERIC Number: EJ547539
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0023-8333
The Modification of Onsets in a Markedness Relationship: Testing the Interlanguage Structural Conformity Hypothesis.
Carlisle, Robert S.
Language Learning, v47 n2 p327-61 Jun 1997
Tested the interlanguage structural conformity hypothesis by examining how frequently young adult, native Spanish speakers in Mexico modified English two- and three-member onsets. Results indicate that three-member onsets were modified significantly more frequently than were two-member onsets and that epenthesis occurred more frequently after consonants than after vowels. (43 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: College Students, Consonants, Data Collection, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing, Interlanguage, Linguistic Theory, Phonology, Second Language Instruction, Spanish Speaking, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Syllables, Vowels
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Markedness; Mexico