Formal features and intonation in Persian speakers’ English interlanguage wh-questions

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  • Laya Heidari Darani English Department, Azad University, Iran Author

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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2006/01/0021/000021

Abstract

The Unitarianist Interface Hypothesis proposed by Lotfi (ms.) concerns only one interface level -the Semantico-Phonetic Form- at which both performance systems can have access to various types of features of a lexical item. This paper hypothe-sizes the existence of an iconic relationship between formal and phonological fea-tures, and the influence of formal features on intonation in Persian speakers' English interlanguage wh-questions. The present study is based on computing t-test proce-dure on the data obtained from twenty-four Iranian L2 learners of English age-ranged between twelve and sixteen. The comparison of the data collected from the syntax and intonation tests before and after the instruction confirms the above hy-potheses.

 

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01-01-2006

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Vol. 1 (2006): Proceedings of the 1st Tutorial and Research Workshop on Experimental Linguistics

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Formal features and intonation in Persian speakers’ English interlanguage wh-questions. (2006). Linguistic Proceedings Series, 1(1), 109-112. https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2006/01/0021/000021