Language Transfer and Positional Bias in English Stress

Autor/in	Garcia, Guilherme D.
Titel	Language Transfer and Positional Bias in English Stress
Quelle	In: Second Language Research, 36 (2020) 4, S.445-474 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Garcia, Guilherme D.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0267-6583
DOI	10.1177/0267658319882457
Schlagwörter	Native Language; Transfer of Training; Interlanguage; Second Language Learning; Linguistic Input; Correlation; Phonology; English (Second Language); Language Patterns; Generalization; Mandarin Chinese; Portuguese; Language Proficiency; Language Variation; Foreign Countries; Task Analysis; Reaction Time; Comparative Analysis; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Zielsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachbildung; Korrelation; Fonologie; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; Portugiesischunterricht; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Sprachenvielfalt; Ausland; Aufgabenanalyse; Reaktionsvermögen; Kanada
Abstract	This article shows that first language (L1) transfer may not be effectively maintained in the interlanguage due to confounding factors in the second language (L2). When two factors, "A" and "B," are correlated in the L2, second language learners may only acquire "B," even if "A" is present in the L1. Transfer may not be effective because "B," being more robust in the input, conceals "A." Native speakers, on the other hand, generalize "A" in spite of "B." The variables in question are weight-sensitivity ("A") and positional bias ("B") in English, both of which can predict the location of stress in the language. I show that two seemingly target-like groups of second language learners of English (speakers of Mandarin and speakers Portuguese) fail to accurately generalize weight-sensitivity in the language, and instead display response patterns which are predictable given the existing positional bias in English stress. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01