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English with a Latin Beat: Studies in Portuguese/Spanish–English InterphonologyEdited by Barbara O. Baptista and Michael Alan Watkins
[Studies in Bilingualism 31] 2006
► pp. 139–154
The influence of voicing on the production of initial /s/-clusters by Brazilian learners
Jeanne Teixeira Rebello | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
Barbara O. Baptista | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
This paper examines the production of English initial /s/-clusters by Brazilian learners, considering as possible variable constraints cluster length, sonority relations within the syllable, and environment, based on studies by Carlisle with Spanish learners and on Eckman’s markedness differential hypothesis (MDH) and structural conformity hypothesis (SCH). Results were inconclusive regarding the influence of cluster length, and, due to transfer of native-language voicing assimilation, universal markedness regarding voicing appeared to play a greater role in determining the frequency of syllable simplification than markedness regarding sonority, both within the syllable and in relation to the environment.Thus, the study complements previous research by demonstrating the importance of L1 transfer in determining which universals will have the greatest influence on L2 syllable production.
Published online: 14 December 2006
https://doi.org/10.1075/sibil.31.10reb
https://doi.org/10.1075/sibil.31.10reb
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