Variation of Oral and Nasal Stops by English and Japanese Learners of Thai

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dc.contributor.authorRuangjaroon, Sugunya
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-29T17:08:34Z
dc.date.available2020-01-29T17:08:34Z
dc.date.issued2020-01-27
dc.description.abstractA categorical variability constraint-based analysis (Boersma & Hayes 2001) accounts for oral and nasal stop acquisition in three different positions by English and Japanese learners of Thai. Homorganic nasals take place at the intermediate level where two or more surface forms are selected as optimal candidates. Both aspirated and voiced stops also occur, avoiding an unaspirated onset in almost equal frequencies. To account for variation of Thai stops, GLA, a stochastic OT approach is adopted for constraint reassessment rather than standard OT. In the initial state of the grammar, markedness constraints outrank faithfulness constraints for beginners. Markedness and faithfulness constraints overlap for intermediate learners exhibiting variation. At the advanced stage, faithfulness constraints were higher ranked because both English and Japanese learners are able to master Thai oral and nasal stops. The analysis proposed in the paper yields more accurate results than a categorical analysis.
dc.format.extent22 pages
dc.identifier.issn1836-6822
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10524/52463
dc.subjectGradual Learning Algorithm
dc.subjectSecond Language Phonological Acquisition
dc.subjectFree Variation
dc.subjectHomorganic Nasals
dc.subjectThai Oral and Nasal Stops
dc.subjectThai as a Second Language
dc.subject.languagecodeeng
dc.subject.languagecodejpn
dc.subject.languagecodetha
dc.titleVariation of Oral and Nasal Stops by English and Japanese Learners of Thai
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.dcmiText
prism.endingpage107
prism.number1
prism.publicationnameJournal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
prism.startingpage86
prism.volume13

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