Perception and production of syllable structure and stress by adult Libyan Arabic speaker acquiring English in the UK
The field of second language (L2) phonology has recently addressed the related phonological acquisition question of to what extent exposure to native speaker L2 input following exposure to non-native accented L2 input, results in c~anges in the leamer's interlanguage phonology (Akita 2001). If such learners do show changes over time, what kind of changes are these in both perception and production? My study is a contribution to interlanguage studies on the acquisition of prosodic structure, and concentrates on the acquisition of English syllable structure and metrical stress by Arabic speaker. In this study the interlanguage phonology of 28 native Arabic speakers from Libya learning English in natural settings (The UK), was investigated. The average age of the participants was 32.5 years. All the subjects started learning English in school at an average age of 16.0 years. The primary source oflanguage input was the classroom, till an average age of25.0 years. The method of collecting data involved three types of test. The first test covered syllable structure in onset and coda with epenthesised forms and included 185 words. The second test covered metrical stress, and included two sub-tests. Test 2A included
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Perception and production of syllable structure and stress by adult Libyan Arabic speaker acquiring English in the UK. The field of second language (L2) phonology has recently addressed the related phonological acquisition question of to what extent exposure to native speaker L2 input following exposure to non-native accented L2 input, results in c~anges in the leamer's interlanguage phonology (Akita 2001). If such learners do show changes over time, what kind of changes are these in both perception and production? My study is a contribution to interlanguage studies on the acquisition of prosodic structure, and concentrates on the acquisition of English syllable structure and metrical stress by Arabic speaker. In this study the interlanguage phonology of 28 native Arabic speakers from Libya learning English in natural settings (The UK), was investigated. The average age of the participants was 32.5 years. All the subjects started learning English in school at an average age of 16.0 years. The primary source oflanguage input was the classroom, till an average age of25.0 years. The method of collecting data involved three types of test. The first test covered syllable structure in onset and coda with epenthesised forms and included 185 words. The second test covered metrical stress, and included two sub-tests. Test 2A included
perception_production syllable_structure stress adult libyan arabic speaker acquire english field_second language phonology recently address related phonological_acquisition question_extent exposure native_speaker input follow exposure non_native accented input interlanguage phonology learner show change_time kind change perception_production study interlanguage study acquisition prosodic_structure concentrate acquisition_english syllable_structure metrical stress arabic speaker study interlanguage phonology native arabic speaker libya learn_english natural setting investigate average age participant subject start learn_english school average age primary_source input classroom till average age year method collect_data involve three_type test first test cover syllable_structure onset coda form include word second test cover metrical stress include sub test test include