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The Adaptation of English Initial Clusters by Persian Learners | ||
| Teaching English as a Second Language Quarterly | ||
| مقاله 3، دوره 30، شماره 4، خرداد 2012، صفحه 59-76 اصل مقاله (122.35 K) | ||
| نوع مقاله: Research Paper | ||
| شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22099/jtls.2011.371 | ||
| نویسندگان | ||
| Ali Akbar Jabbari* 1؛ Parvin Safari2؛ Farane Falaknaz3؛ Jeroen van de Weijer4 | ||
| 1Associate Professor Yazd University, Yazd | ||
| 2M. A., TFEL Yazd University, Yazd | ||
| 3M. A., Theoritical Linguistics Teacher Education College of Yazd | ||
| 4Professor Shanghai International Studies University | ||
| چکیده | ||
| This study presents an overview of the different strategies that Persian learners of English employ to deal with initial clusters. While vowel epenthesis appears to be the most widespread repair strategy to conform such clusters to Persian phonotactics, the location of the epenthetic vowel varies. In this paper, we investigate two approaches that seek to explain the epenthetic site. The first of these, based on the Sonority Sequencing Principle, does not offer a plausible account, in particular with respect to the repair of s + sonorant clusters. The second approach, based on Fleischhacker (2001, 2005), argues that the epenthetic site is based on maximal perceptual similarity between input and output. An experiment with Persian listeners is reported which confirms the crucial role of perceptual similarity. Finally, we cast this approach into an Optimality Theory framework, which will be seen to make the right predictions for words with triconsonantal clusters. | ||
| کلیدواژهها | ||
| loanword adaptation؛ repair strategies؛ sonority sequencing principle؛ perceptual similarity؛ optimality theory | ||
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