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Malek Boudaoud and Walcir Cardoso
86-104 (complete pdf)
This paper investigates the variable production of English homorganic /s/ + consonant onset clusters (sC) in the speech of Farsi native speakers learning English as a second language. The results of a Goldvarb analysis reveal that: (1) the proportion of [e]-epenthesis (an L1-based phenomenon) is higher after a word-final consonant or pause than after a vowel (in which case the sC cluster is resyllabified as two separate syllables, i.e., [Vs.CV]); (2) with increased L2 proficiency and in formal situations, the amount of epenthesis decreases, conforming with Major's (2001) Ontogeny Phylogeny Model; and (3) as observed in several studies of L1 acquisition, markedness involving continuancy (and not sonority) is better able to capture the variable patterns of sC production found in Farsi-English interlanguage.
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Proceedings of the 10th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference (GASLA 2009)
edited by Melissa Bowles, Tania Ionin, Silvina Montrul, and Annie Tremblay
Table of contents
ISBN 978-1-57473-434-8 library binding
v+294 pages
publication date: 2009
published by Cascadilla Proceedings Project, Somerville, MA, USA