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Peer reviewedZampini, Mary L. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1996
Examines the role played by voiced stop spirantization in the acquisition of English "b, d, g," and "d" by native Spanish speakers. Results reveal that accuracy in English pronunciation is hindered by native language transfer, including the transfer of spirantization and native language syllable structure constraints, and that…
Descriptors: College Students, Consonants, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Processing Transfer: Language-Specific Processing Strategies as a Source of Interlanguage Variation.
Peer reviewedHarrington, Michael – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1987
A sentence interpretation experiment conducted with university-age native English speakers, Japanese English as a second language (ESL) speakers, and native Japanese speakers (N=12 per group) suggested caution in attempting to typify languages on the basis of processing strategies drawn from probabilistic tendencies evident in grouped data.…
Descriptors: Adults, College Students, Comparative Analysis, English
