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Research paper thumbnail of Writings in general linguistics

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 1998

Research paper thumbnail of A Paradigm Lost: The Linguistic Theory of Mikołaj Kruszewski.by Joanna Radwańska Williams

Research paper thumbnail of The Acquisition of English Plosives by Chinese Learners

Second language phonological acquisition In the studies of second language phonology, it is found... more Second language phonological acquisition In the studies of second language phonology, it is found that learners ’ pronunciation deviates from that of native speakers of the target languages. In this paper we are going to examine the case of Cantonese and Mandarin EFL learners in their pronunciation of syllable final plosives /p/,/b/,/t/,/d/,/k/and /g / of English words, and apply Optimality Theory to explain the pronunciation phenomena in the learners ’ interlanguage. Previous studies like Eckman (1981), Anderson

Research paper thumbnail of A paradigm lost : the linguistic theory of Mikolaj Kruszewski

Research paper thumbnail of Supplemental Materials for First Year Polish

The Modern Language Journal, 1992

Research paper thumbnail of A Paradigm Lost

Research paper thumbnail of Writings in general linguistics

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 1998

Research paper thumbnail of The banyan tree: a story of language gain

English Today, 2001

A personal account of ‘additive multilingualism’ that involves Polish, Russian, English, French a... more A personal account of ‘additive multilingualism’ that involves Polish, Russian, English, French and Chinese.

Research paper thumbnail of The Hidden Iconic Structure of a Poem

Research paper thumbnail of Writings in general linguistics

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 1998

Research paper thumbnail of A Paradigm Lost: The Linguistic Theory of Mikołaj Kruszewski.by Joanna Radwańska Williams

Research paper thumbnail of The Acquisition of English Plosives by Chinese Learners

Second language phonological acquisition In the studies of second language phonology, it is found... more Second language phonological acquisition In the studies of second language phonology, it is found that learners ’ pronunciation deviates from that of native speakers of the target languages. In this paper we are going to examine the case of Cantonese and Mandarin EFL learners in their pronunciation of syllable final plosives /p/,/b/,/t/,/d/,/k/and /g / of English words, and apply Optimality Theory to explain the pronunciation phenomena in the learners ’ interlanguage. Previous studies like Eckman (1981), Anderson

Research paper thumbnail of A paradigm lost : the linguistic theory of Mikolaj Kruszewski

Research paper thumbnail of Supplemental Materials for First Year Polish

The Modern Language Journal, 1992

Research paper thumbnail of A Paradigm Lost

Research paper thumbnail of Writings in general linguistics

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 1998

Research paper thumbnail of The banyan tree: a story of language gain

English Today, 2001

A personal account of ‘additive multilingualism’ that involves Polish, Russian, English, French a... more A personal account of ‘additive multilingualism’ that involves Polish, Russian, English, French and Chinese.

Research paper thumbnail of The Hidden Iconic Structure of a Poem

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