Abstract
Eckman (1977:315) proposes a revision of the Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis (Lado 1957) which incorporates the notion of typological markedness. His proposed revision, the Markedness Differential Hypothesis (MDH), is stated below.
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Benson, B. (1986). The Markedness Differential Hypothesis: Implications for Vietnamese Speakers of English. In: Eckman, F.R., Moravcsik, E.A., Wirth, J.R. (eds) Markedness. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5718-7_14
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