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Peer reviewedPuppel, Stanislaw; Marton, Waldemar – International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1991
Outlines a hierarchical model of acquisition of second-language phonology, based on the scrutinization of contexts and evocation of appropriate rules through contact situations in which a conflict emerges between the native and target phonologies. (23 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), Language Enrichment, Linguistic Theory, Models
Download full textZierer, Ernesto – Lenguaje y Ciencias, 1972
This document describes a format for analyzing the information content of sentences and the language patterns that accompany particular information content. The author writes in terms of information structures, each information structure having a corresponding linguistic structure composed of distinctive features. The information structure of a…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Context Clues, Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language)
Peer reviewedMajor, Roy C. – Language Learning, 1986
Testing of a second-language phonological acquisition model with four beginning learners of Spanish supported the claim that transfer processes decrease over time while developmental processes increase and then decrease. Analysis also revealed a hierarchical organization of processes in second-language acquisition and an interaction of the native…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), College Students, Distinctive Features (Language), Higher Education
