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The Modification of Onsets in a Markedness Relationship: Testing the Interlanguage Structural Conformity Hypothesis.
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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)
Foreign Accent, Comprehensibility, and Intelligibility in the Speech of Second Language Learners.
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Munro, Murray J.; Derwing, Tracey M. – Language Learning, 1995
Examines the interrelationships among accentedness, perceived comprehensibility, and intelligibility in the speech of second-language (L2) learners. The findings suggest that although strength of foreign accent is correlated with perceived comprehensibility and intelligibility, a strong foreign accent does not necessarily reduce the…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Dialects