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SECOND LANGUAGE PHONOLOGY, PHONETICS, AND TYPOLOGY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1998

John Archibald
John Archibald
Affiliation:
University of Calgary
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Abstract

In this paper, I address the nature of the mental representation of an interlanguage grammar. The focus will be on the necessity of positing some sort of hierarchical constituent structure to account for L2 phonology. I discuss relevant data from the domains of the acquisition of segments, syllables, moras, and metrical structure. The interaction of these domains is discussed.

In addition, I look at the acquisition of onset clusters and argue that the acquisition of liquids is correlated with the acquisition of consonantal sequences. Evidence from language change, language typology, and language acquisition suggests that there is a causal relationship between the two. The theoretical framework of feature geometry and derived sonority gives us the apparatus to explain what the second-language learners are doing.

Type
Research Article
Information
Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , June 1998 , pp. 189 - 211
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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