Persian Learners' Syllabification of English Consonant Clusters
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Optimality Theoretic Account of Acquisition of Consonant Clusters of English Syllables by Persian EFL Learners*
This study accounts for the acquisition of the consonant clusters of English syllable structures both in onset and coda positions by Persian EFL learners. Persian syllable structure is "CV(CC)", composed of one consonant at the initial position and two optional consonants at the final position; whereas English syllable structure is "(CCC)V(CCCC)". Therefore, Persian EFL learners need to resolve...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of English Linguistics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1923-8703,1923-869X
DOI: 10.5539/ijel.v1n1p236