Substitution of dental fricatives in English by Dutch L2 speakers

Femke Wester; Dicky Gilbers; Wander Lowie

doi:10.1016/j.langsci.2006.12.029

Substitution of dental fricatives in English by Dutch L2 speakers

Femke Wester, Dicky Gilbers, Wander Lowie^*

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This paper investigates the nature of the substitutions used for the dental fricatives (/theta/ and /partial derivative/) by Dutch learners of English as a second language. By means of an OT analysis, the underlying reasons for the difficulties encountered with these sounds are brought to light. The present data reveal that phonetics (or acoustics) rather than phonology plays a major role in the selection of the phonemes used to substitute the dental fricatives. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	477-491
Number of pages	15
Journal	Language Sciences
Volume	29
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2006.12.029
Publication status	Published - 2007

Keywords

second language acquisition
optimality theory
phonetics
phonology
English
ACQUISITION
PERCEPTION

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