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The Stress Patterns of Nonsense English Words of Cantonese-Speaking ESL Learners.

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Wong, Cathy Sin Ping – CUHK Papers in Linguistics, 1991

This paper explores the issue of the acquisition of English word stress by ESL learners whose mother tongue is Cantonese. Based on the theoretical framework of metrical phonology, this study examines the following parameters related to English word stress: branching versus non-branching rime structures, dominance in the metrical foot and the word…

Descriptors: Cantonese, College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries

CUHK Papers in Linguistics, Number 3.

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Yip, Virginia, Ed. – CUHK Papers in Linguistics, 1991

Papers in this volume include the following: "Constraints on Dative Acquisition by Chinese ESL Learners" (Hua Dong Fan); "The Learnability of Locality Conditions on Quantification" (Thomas Lee); "Do Learning Environments Make a Difference? A Study on the Acquisition of the English Interrogatives by Three Types of Cantonese…

Descriptors: Classroom Environment, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, High Schools