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Acquiring a New Second Language Contrast: An Analysis of the English Laryngeal System of Native Speakers of Dutch
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Simon, Ellen – Second Language Research, 2009
This study examines the acquisition of the English laryngeal system by native speakers of (Belgian) Dutch. Both languages have a two-way laryngeal system, but while Dutch contrasts prevoiced with short-lag stops, English has a contrast between short-lag and long-lag stops. The primary aim of the article is to test two hypotheses on the acquisition…
Descriptors: Cues, Second Language Learning, Native Speakers, Indo European Languages