VARIABLE PATTERNS OF VOWEL INSERTION IN WORD MEDIAL CLUSTERS IN THE ACQUISITION OF L2 ENGLISH

<p>This work aims at investigating the occurrence of vowel insertion in word medial clusters (object &gt; ob[i]ject) in the speech of Brazilian learners of English as L2. A variationist methodology was used (LABOV, 1975; LABOV et al., 2006 [1968] and 2008 [1972]), with 18 informants who we...

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Main Authors: Luana Anastácia Santos de Lima, Rubens Marques de Lucena
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense 2013-12-01
Series:Cadernos de Letras da UFF
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Online Access:http://www.cadernosdeletras.uff.br/index.php/cadernosdeletras/article/view/319