Observations on the Second-Language Acquisition of the English Sound System.

Piper, Terry

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ERIC Number: EJ304278

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Publication Date: 1984

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Observations on the Second-Language Acquisition of the English Sound System.

Piper, Terry

Canadian Modern Language Review, v40 n4 p542-51 May 1984

Results of a study of sound system acquisition of five-year-old students of English-as-a-second-language show that first- and second-language learners exhibit similar but not identical simplification processes, and that evidence for a common developmental sequence in acquisition of consonant sounds was limited. (MSE)

Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Consonants, English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Interference (Language), Language Acquisition, Phonology, Second Language Learning, Young Children

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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