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A Research on Consonants for the Interlanguage Phonology

This paper discusses the internal structure of consonants based on the alternations of the consonants that can be found in various languages such as /p/ /w/. Throughout the discussion we find that the approaches based on the distinctive feature, which appear arbitrary in analyzing phonological process, cannot properly explain the alternations mentioned above and certain phonological errors that can be found in learning second language. Since human languages build up their phonological segments in an ordered fashion, it would be better to analyze the internal composition of consonants as their salient property called ‘elements’ proposed by Government Phonology (GP). In particular, since consonants grouped into the same place of articulation manifest the same sound changes we claim that they share the same element. We argue that bilabial and labiodental consonant have the roundness element U, alveolar consonants have the coronal element R, palatal consonants have the frontness element I, and the velar consonants have the backness element ø. When phonological processes are going on, these elements play a key role, and appear in surface forms.