Critical period and phonological acquisition of english by brazilian speakers

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1981-5794-e12136

Keywords:

Phonological acquisition, English, Brazilian portuguese, Second Language, Critical period,

Abstract

This article discusses the influence of age of acquisition on the process of learning a foreign language. We analyzed the acquisition of three phonological processes in English by speakers of Brazilian Portuguese and applied experiments on fricative voicing, stress shift and stress assignment to participants at three levels of proficiency: basic, intermediate and advanced. The results showed that the age factor was relevant in two processes (stress shift and stress assignment) – at least at certain levels of proficiency. On the other hand, fricative voicing was not acquired by the Brazilian speakers in any level of proficiency, regardless of age of acquisition.

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Author Biographies

  • Raquel Santana Santos, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas. São Paulo – SP - Brazil.

    área aquisição da linguagem, fonologia

    Departamento de Linguística

  • Carina Fragozo, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas. São Paulo – SP - Brazil.
    Aquisição da Linguagem

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Published

29/10/2020

Issue

Vol. 64 (2020)

Section

Papers

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How to Cite

Critical period and phonological acquisition of english by brazilian speakers. ALFA: Revista de Linguística, v. 64, 29 Oct.2020.