Deletion of /t, d/ and the acquisition of linguistic variation by second language learners of English

Language Learning

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1256-1301

  Edwards, Jette G Hansen ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

t, d deletion; English as a second language; L2 phonology; Linguistic variation; Sonority hierarchy; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 80855132959     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2011.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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