Acquisition of English Voicing Contrast by Arab Children.

Fokes, Joann; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ323880

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1985

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Acquisition of English Voicing Contrast by Arab Children.

Fokes, Joann; And Others

Language and Speech, v28 n1 p81-92 Jan-Mar 1985

Describes an investigation of the phonetic characteristics of children's second language acquisition, focusing on acoustical correlates of the voicing contrast for stop consonants, as produced by young native speakers of Arabic who were learning English as a second language. Neither age nor experience with English could predict phonetic proficiency. (SED)

Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Arabic, Arabs, Child Language, Children, Consonants, English (Second Language), Interference (Language), Language Research, Phonetic Analysis, Second Language Learning, Speech, Vowels

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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