Consonant Cluster Reduction Observed in the Anglophone Community of Japan

Keiko Hirano

This paper investigates the consequences of frequent interaction with non-nativeEnglish speakers on the English usage of native English speakers living in Japan.Isolation from native speakers of English and frequent contact with non-nativespeakers, including Japanese people, may result in a change of linguistic environment for the native speakers of English. This change is likely to influence their way of speaking English while they are in Japan.