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Peer reviewedAmastae, Jon – Language Variation and Change, 1989
The analysis of interviews with 14 speakers of Honduran Spanish found that group "r,""l" glides, and "s" inhibit spirantization variably, much as they do in Colombian Spanish, presenting a view that attributes spirantization to syllable structure for a more comprehensive explanation of the variable processes. (29…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Distinctive Features (Language), Foreign Countries, Interviews
Peer reviewedRahman, Tariq – World Englishes, 1991
Describes the phonological and phonetic features of English as spoken in Pakistan and shows such distinctive patterns as anglicized, acrolectal, mesolectal, and basilectal varieties of Pakistani English. (45 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedBlount, Ben G. – Language Sciences, 1988
Luo-speaking children in Kenya responded to a test using nonce forms in morphophonology. Morphophonological processes in the acquisition of Luo plurals and possessives presented different degrees of difficulty for the subjects, with the type of morphophonological alteration in a language likely to affect the rate and order of acquisition.…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Distinctive Features (Language), Foreign Countries
Blackshire-Belay, Carol – 1990
Foreign Workers' German (FWG) refers to the acquired German language skills of workers from various countries who were recruited to West Germany between 1955 and 1973 to fill menial, undesirable jobs. Contact between these workers and native German speakers was limited because of the nature of the foreigners' work, the tendency toward residential…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
