Ease and Difficulty in L2 Phonology: A Mini-Review

A variety of phonological explanations have been proposed to account for why some sounds are harder to learn than others. In this mini-review, we review such theoretical constructs and models as markedness (including the markedness differential hypothesis) and frequency-based approaches (including B...

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Main Author: John Archibald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Communication
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2021.626529/full