JAPANESE EFL LEARNERS' PRODUCTION OF PRONOUNS AND ARTICLES IN ENGLISH: EVIDENCE FOR L2 PROSODIC STRUCTURES

摘要

Experimental studies on Japanese speakers of L2 English (JEL2) have revealed that L1 prosodic transfer occurs in the production of lexical accent, duration, and temporal organization across syllables [4], syllable structures and isochrony [1]. The entire intonation of L2 English may also be influenced by L1 syntax, such as word order [2] and phrasing [3]. But it remains unclear how items unavailable in the L1 are realized in L2 prosody. The current study investigates how morphosyntactic components unavailable in L1 Japanese are prosodically realized in L2 English.