The Structural Conformity Hypothesis and the Acquisition of Consonant Clusters in the Interlanguage of ESL Learners.

Eckman, Fred R.

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ERIC Number: EJ424568

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Publication Date: 1991

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The Structural Conformity Hypothesis and the Acquisition of Consonant Clusters in the Interlanguage of ESL Learners.

Eckman, Fred R.

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v13 n1 p23-41 Mar 1991

Testing of the validity of two implicational universals regarding consonant clusters, involving the analysis of the interlanguage of native-speaking Chinese, Japanese, and Korean students of English-as-a-Second-Language, was strongly supportive of the two universals, suggesting the possibility that primary language universals hold also for nonprimary languages. (26 references) (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Chinese, Consonants, English (Second Language), Interlanguage, Japanese, Korean, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning, Uncommonly Taught Languages

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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