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Liaison and Enchaînement in L2 French: The Role of Instruction

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Abstract

This study investigates the role of instruction in the phenomena of liaisonand enchaînementin both liaisonand non-liaisoncontexts in L2 French. The participants were a group of learners enrolled in a phonetics course (N=16), a group of learners enrolled in similar 400-level courses (N=12), and a group of native French speakers (NSs) (N=16). They read and recorded a set of sentences for a pre-test and a post-test, both containing similar liaisonand enchaînementcontexts. Overall both groups of learners tended to behave differently from the NSs. However, on some measures and on some items,the phonetics groupshowed more changesover timethan their peers in a similar 400-level course.

How to Cite:

Frimu, R., (2019) “Liaison and Enchaînement in L2 French: The Role of Instruction”, Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Proceedings 11(1).