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Additional Language Phonotactics

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English

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  • /pf/ cluster not allowed before or after a vowel
  • /fb/ cluster not allowed
  • word-initial sh-clusters illicit (excluding few Yiddish loanwords)[1]
  • /tl/ illicit[2]
  • s-consonant clusters licit word-initially[3]
  • /nt/ licit word-finally[4]

Spanish

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  • s-consonant clusters illicit word-initially[3]
  • /nt/ illicit word-finally[4]

Mandarin

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  • /pi:/, /pei/, /wei/, /fei/ licit (co-occurrence restriction)
  • /fi:/, /wi:/ illicit (co-occurrence restriction)[2]
  • /nt/ illicit word-finally[4]

Dutch

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  • /mr/ illicit
  • voiced obstruents illicit syllable-final[1]
  • /nt/ licit word-finally[4]

German

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  • /mf/ licit (allowed both before and after vowel, can occur syllable-internally)
  • word-initial s illicit (Standard German)
  • word-initial sh-clusters licit[1]

French

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  • /nl/ illicit
  • /gl/ licit[1]
  • /tl/ illicit[2]

Japanese

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  • obstruent-obstruent clusters illicit[2]

Korean

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  • /bl/ illict in onset[2]
  1. ^ a b c d Weber, Andrea; Cutler, Anne (2006-01). "First-language phonotactics in second-language listening". The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 119 (1): 597–607. doi:10.1121/1.2141003. ISSN 0001-4966. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e Wang, Yizhou; Bundgaard-Nielsen, Rikke L.; Baker, Brett J.; Maxwell, Olga (2023-03). "Same vowels but different contrasts: Mandarin listeners' perception of English /ei/-/iː/ in unfamiliar phonotactic contexts". Journal of Phonetics. 97: 101221. doi:10.1016/j.wocn.2023.101221. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ a b Carlson, Matthew T. (2018-12). "Making Room for Second Language Phonotactics: Effects of L2 Learning and Environment on First Language Speech Perception". Language and Speech. 61 (4): 598–614. doi:10.1177/0023830918767208. ISSN 0023-8309. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ a b c d Ernestus, Mirjam; Kouwenhoven, Huib; van Mulken, Margot (2017-05). "The direct and indirect effects of the phonotactic constraints in the listener's native language on the comprehension of reduced and unreduced word pronunciation variants in a foreign language". Journal of Phonetics. 62: 50–64. doi:10.1016/j.wocn.2017.02.003. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)