Syllable Structure in Thai and English
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Phonologically, there are an area of difference between the L1 Thai and L2 English which permits both a greater number of clusters. This paper aims to explore the similarities and differences in syllable structures in Thai and English in terms of phonetics and phonotactics. According to Lado’s (1957) Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis (CAH), differences between the L1 and L2 should be taken into consideration to account for L2 learners’ learning difficulties. Instead of learning novel L2 variants, native speakers of Thai possibly transfer the L1 sounds when learning L2 English. Understanding the varieties of syllable structures in the two languages might then aid Thai students to learn English and English teachers to teach English more effectively and successfully.
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