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Unstressed Vowels in German Learner English: An Instrumental Study
Sönning, Lukas (2014): „Unstressed Vowels in German Learner English: An Instrumental Study“. Łódź: Lodz University Press doi: 10.2478/rela-2014-0001.
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Research in language : RL
ISSN:
2083-4616
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Department of English Language, University of Łódź
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Year of publication:
2014
Volume:
12
Issue:
2
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Language:
English
Abstract:
This study investigates the production of vowels in unstressed syllables by advanced German learners of English in comparison with native speakers of Standard Southern British English. Two acoustic properties were measured: duration and formant structure. The results indicate that duration of unstressed vowels is similar in the two groups, though there is some variation depending on the phonetic context. In terms of formant structure, learners produce slightly higher F1 and considerably lower F2, the difference in F2 being statistically significant for each learner. Formant values varied as a function of context and orthographic representation of the vowel.
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Englisch
Englischunterricht
Phonetik
Zentralisierung <Linguistik>
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vowel reduction
acoustic analysis
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L1 German
L2 English
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Article
published:
November 25, 2016
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