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Carlisle, Robert S. – Language Learning, 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…
Descriptors: College Students, Consonants, Data Collection, English (Second Language)