A aquisição de encontros consonantais do inglês iniciados por /s/: estudo de caso com criança brasileira

Abstract

Language acquisition studies have pointed the first language (L1)influence on this process. In a research with adolescents and adults,Fernandes (2001) and Silveira (2002) show that, in the acquisitionprocess of English as foreign language (L2) by Brazilian Portuguesespeakers, the L1 influences the L2 syllable structure acquisition.However, concerning to children, it seems that there is less infuenceof L1 on the foreign language acquisition. Based on that, the aim ofthis paper is to analyze the word-initial /s/ clusters in English, as wellas the possibility of syllable structure transference from first languageto L2. The data is from a child that is still developing her phonologicalsystem and her age was 3:4 (years/months). She’s acquiring BrazilianPortuguese as a first language and English, as a second.