Transition of Phonological Rule Application in Learner Speech

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In the development of learner speech, we expect both the decreasing interference of native phonology and the increasing acquisition of target phonology. We examine how these two types of phonological interaction occur as the learner proficiency increases. For this study, we collected 2,804 word data of L2 English in isolation form and embedded in sentences. These data were elicited from 92 Korean adult learners of American English. Our results indicate that the learner speech may suppress the L1 rule application in significantly earlier stage of language learning than the stage when an L2 rule applies. Furthermore, the L1 rule in learner speech is different from the L1 rule in native speech.

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