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Peer reviewedLevitt, Andrea G.; Healy, Alice F. – Journal of Memory and Language, 1985
Describes two experiments in which subjects read aloud pairs of nonsense syllables rapidly presented on a display screen or repeated the same syllables presented auditorily. Results support an explanation of the speech error generation process in which a segment's strength is a function of its frequency of occurrence in English. (SED)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Distinctive Features (Language), Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
El-Halees, Yousef – 1984
Certain simplification and reduction processes used by Arabs in learning English as a second language are examined, such as: (1) simplification of syllables, (2) deletion of English articles, and (3) generation of English questions by using only intonation and leaving word order intact. The study is made from the perspective of two theories of…
Descriptors: Arabic, Determiners (Languages), Distinctive Features (Language), English (Second Language)
