Title: Regressive Voicing Assimilation. Catalan Native Speakers' Performance in Advanced L2 English
Abstract: In Catalan, all obstruents in final position are voiceless due to Final Obstruent Devoicing (FOD). However, final obstruents will adapt their voicing to the following sound. This process is called Regressive Voicing Assimilation (RVA). In English, neither of these processes take place. The present paper aims to study the production of final fricative +C/V sequences by advanced Catalan speakers of English in order to investigate if RVA is an L1-production strategy persisting in L2 advanced learners.
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Language: en
Type: dissertation
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