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Markedness Universals and the Acquisition of Voicing Contrasts by Korean Speakers of English

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2008

Roy C. Major  and
Michael C. Faudree
Roy C. Major
Affiliation:
Arizona State University
Michael C. Faudree
Affiliation:
Tokai University
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This study of five native speakers of Korean investigates the role of universals in their acquisition of English obstruent voicing contrasts. The data were gathered from a passage and a word list containing voiced and voiceless obstruents in initial, medial, and final word positions. Results reflected principles of markedness universals of L1 acquisition and adult natural languages, suggesting that interlanguage systems behave according to universals of natural languages.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , March 1996 , pp. 69 - 90
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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