Modeling the interlanguage: The effect of frequency in the L2 acquisition of English consonant clusters

Moeng, Emliy; Boehm, Jennifer; Reynolds, Amy

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Title

Modeling the interlanguage: The effect of frequency in the L2 acquisition of English consonant clusters

Author(s)

• Moeng, Emliy
• Boehm, Jennifer
• Reynolds, Amy

Issue Date

2016-06-29

Keyword(s)

• interlanguage
• L2 acquisition
• S'gaw Karen
• usage-based model
• Optimality Theory
• language acquisition
• linguistics

Abstract

This study seeks to determine whether the second language acquisition of non-native linguistic structures is best described within the framework of Optimality Theory, or within the framework of a usage-based model. These two frameworks make different predictions regarding the role of word frequency in second language acquisition. This study examines the productions of high and low-frequency English words as spoken by native speakers of S’gaw Karen, a language which does not permit coda clusters, who are acquiring English as a second language. Trends suggest that second language acquisition is better described within the framework of a usage-based model, suggesting a word-by-word acquisition of coda clusters, although limitations of the study are also noted in the discussion.

Publisher

Studies in the Linguistic Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Series/Report Name or Number

Proceedings of ILLS7

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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