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Peer reviewedHancin-Bhatt, Barbara; Bhatt, Rakesh M. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1997
Presents evidence of a study of speakers of English as a Second Language that cross-language transfer effects interact with developmental effects in the construction of second language (L2) syllable structures. Argues that the optimality theory provides a more explicit account than the minimal sonority distance parameter setting model regarding…
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Code Switching (Language), Consonants, English (Second Language)
