Query--switching of sounds

[Salikoko Mufwene]

Isn't this substitution identified in the SLA literature as transfer or
interference?

Sali.

Margaret Lee wrote:
> Perhaps someone on the list can respond to this question from one of my former students:  Is there a term for the unintentional pronunciation /switching of  a specific feature in a word from one language to another?  For example, when some Spanish speakers replace the English *j* with the Spanish *y* sound when pronouncing the English word *junior*? Is this a form of code-switching or something else?
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> Thanks for any help with this.
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> Margaret Lee
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