Palatalization of the post-vocalic /s/: variationist analysis of the phonological transfer of L1 dialect in the acquisition of English as L2

Authors

  • Priscila Evangelista Morais e Lima Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB
  • Rubens Marques de Lucena Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/sig.v27i2.35630

Keywords:

Palatalization, coronal fricative, L2 acquisition.

Abstract

This study aims to identify the palatalization in the production of post-vocalic /S/  in  the  /S/t  context  by  paraibano  speakers  of  English  as  L2.  It  is  based on  Variationist Sociolinguistics  (LABOV,  2008  [1972])  and  in Acquisition of L2 (SELINKER, 1992; ELLIS, 2003 [1994]; BAYLE, 2007). The corpus is  comprised  of  18  informants  from  Paraiba  at  different  proficiency  levels. The  analysis  of  the  material  was  carried  out  with  the  use  of  the  GoldVarb X application (SANKOFF; TAGLIAMONTE; SMITH, 2005). The statistical
analysis showed that the following variables: language level of proficiency, tonicity and preceding context were those more relevant to the implementation of palatalization.

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Author Biographies

Priscila Evangelista Morais e Lima, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB

Doutoranda em Linguística pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Bra-
sil. E-mail: prisevangelista@hotmail.com.

Rubens Marques de Lucena, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB

Professor Adjunto da Universidade Federal da Paraíba, onde atua no Departamento de Letras
Estrangeiras  Modernas  (DLEM)  e  no  Programa  de  Pós-Graduação  em  Linguística  (PRO-
LING), João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil. E-mail: rubenslucena@yahoo.com.

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Published

2015-12-22

How to Cite

LIMA, P. E. M. e; LUCENA, R. M. de. Palatalization of the post-vocalic /s/: variationist analysis of the phonological transfer of L1 dialect in the acquisition of English as L2. Signótica, Goiânia, v. 27, n. 2, p. 307–324, 2015. DOI: 10.5216/sig.v27i2.35630. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/sig/article/view/35630. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.

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Vol. 27 No. 2 (2015)

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