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DEVELOPMENTAL SEQUENCES IN THE ACQUISITION OF ENGLISH L2 SYLLABLE CODAS: A Preliminary Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2004

Jette G. Hansen
Jette G. Hansen
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University of Arizona
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Abstract

This study examines the acquisition of English syllable codas by two native speakers of Vietnamese. Data were collected at three intervals over 1 year. Results indicate that a developmental sequence may exist and that this sequence may not be linear, with some longer (i.e., two and three member) codas emerging before some singleton codas. Furthermore, it was found that production type (e.g., with epenthesis or feature change) differed significantly by coda type and was indicative of acquisition processes. Finally, linguistic environment (preceding and following) and grammatical conditioning were found to significantly affect coda production and development.The author would like to thank Jun Liu, Mary Zampini, and the anonymous SSLA reviewers for their invaluable comments and suggestions on an earlier draft of this paper.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , March 2004 , pp. 85 - 124
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2004 Cambridge University Press

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