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Speech rhythm production in a multilingual setting
Other Title(s)
تحقيق النبرة الصوتية في محيط متعدد اللغات
Author
Source
Academic Journal of Social and Human Sciences
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 18 ب قسم الآداب و الفلسفة (30 Jun. 2017), pp.26-33, 8 p.
Publisher
Benbouali Hassiba University of Chlef
Publication Date
2017-06-30
Country of Publication
Algeria
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Algerian learners majoring in English as a foreign language have already been exposed to a second standard language, French, early in their learning curriculum, in addition to their mother tongue, dialectal Arabic.
This multilingual profile of Algeria has been proved to affect different aspects of English acquisition mainly in the area of phonetics and phonology.
However, studies dealing with the influence of the previously linguistic systems on the production of L3 speech rhythm are very scant.
Therefore, the present study is conducted to classify the interlanguage rhythm and to find out whether it is conceived as a stress-timed vs.
syllable-timed dichotomy or as a continuum.
Audio recordings of 63 third year Algerian EFL students at Mentouri Brothers University, Constantine were segmented into vowels and consonants’ sequences, and their derived rhythm metrics (%V and AC) were calculated using PRAAT, speech analysis software.
The results ofthe two measured rhythm metrics yield that the informants’ speech rhythm is rather 'intermediate’, merging a stress-timed AC and a syllable-timed %V Accordingly, this study reveals that crosslinguistic interference in the area of phonology touches not only segments but also speech rhythm.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Awashi, Amal. 2017. Speech rhythm production in a multilingual setting. Academic Journal of Social and Human Sciences،Vol. 2017, no. 18 ب قسم الآداب و الفلسفة, pp.26-33.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-843078
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Awashi, Amal. Speech rhythm production in a multilingual setting. Academic Journal of Social and Human Sciences No. 18 ب قسم الآداب و الفلسفة (Jun. 2017), pp.26-33.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-843078
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Awashi, Amal. Speech rhythm production in a multilingual setting. Academic Journal of Social and Human Sciences. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 18 ب قسم الآداب و الفلسفة, pp.26-33.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-843078
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 33
Record ID
BIM-843078