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Proceedings of the 6th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference (GASLA 2002): L2 Links edited by Juana M. Liceras, Helmut Zobl, and Helen Goodluck ISBN 1-57473-401-6 library binding vii + 360 pages publication date: 2003 published by Cascadilla Proceedings Project, Somerville, MA, USA Table of contents Abstract Itsue Kawagoe Acquisition of English Word Stress by Japanese Learners 161-167 (complete pdf) Based on the results of two stress production tests given to Japanese university students, this paper, working in the Optimality Theoretic approach, clarifies English word stress computation strategies used by Japanese learners of English. This study finds that Japanese learners compute English stress by adjusting their native accentuation system to the English complex codas of the final syllables. Minimal reranking of WSP and NonFinality, going one by one along the final syllable stressability, is proposed to describe the diverse pattern of their stress acquisition. |