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This study investigates the phonotactics of English obstruent clusters in the word-final position
from a markedness theory perspective among Iraqi EFL College Students whose native language,
Arabic, prefers only two-member word-final obstruent cluster as a maximum. The markedness of
clusters is measured depending on Iraqi EFL College Students’ utilization of the simplification
strategies. This study tries to answer whether or not word-final obstruent clusters are marked or
unmarked for Iraqi EFL College Students, and whether or not the markedness of the obstruent
cluster increases as to its length. In order to answer these questions, a test has been distributed
among 60 Iraqi EFL Fourth-Year College students, Department of English, Colleg
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