- Non-native Locus Equations and the Unit of Phonetic Acquisition
- Non-native Locus Equations and the Unit of Phonetic Acquisition
- ㆍ 저자명
- Oh. Eunjin
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 영어학
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2001년|1권 3호|pp.497-508 (12 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 한국영어학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물|ENG| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
This study tested whether non-native speakers approximated native-like locus equation slopes. Russian learners of English acquired native-like values of the locus equation slope for the English bilabial, and English learners of Russian made slight modifications to the locus equation slope of the Russian bilabial. The acquisition of the locus equations occurred gradually with experience. While English speakers, with limited experience with Russian, failed to approximate Russian-typical value of the locus equations slope, Russian speakers, with more extensive experience with English, succeeded in approximating the locus equation for English bilabial. The observation of locus equation transfer effect supports for the locus equation hypothesis as the unit of acquisition over CV-by-CV learning.