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Stigma, self‐styling and ‘forced accents’ among English L2 speakers in Spain

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the relationship between shame, stigma and accent for non‐native English speakers in Spain. The low English competence of the Spanish population frequently constitutes a source of individual and collective stigma – which includes the apparent undesirability of Spanish‐sounding English.
Eva Codó, Carly Collins
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of audio versus audiovisual stimuli with or without face masking on judgements about different varieties of Asian English

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores ways in which multilingual English listeners react to and rate three varieties of Asian English in three presentational modes: audio only, audiovisual and audiovisual with a face mask. Using a speech intelligibility framework, the study examines the extent to which presentational mode affects intelligibility and listener ...
Jette G. Hansen Edwards, Mary L. Zampini
wiley   +1 more source

Alternation of must, have to, and need to in English as a lingua franca

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the grammatical variability of modal auxiliary verbs in English as a lingua franca. Focusing on the ongoing change must, have to, and need to, this research utilizes two spoken corpora: the Vienna–Oxford International Corpus of English (VOICE) and the Asian Corpus of English (ACE).
Chunyuan Nie   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT MOODLE AS A MEANS TO ORGANIZE BLENDED LEARNING IN TEACHING PRACTICAL PHONETICS OF GERMAN LANGUAGE

open access: yesІнформаційні технології і засоби навчання, 2017
In the article the problem of organizing blended learning of the course “Practical phonetics of German language” by means of virtual learning environment Moodle is revealed.
Olena S. Beskorsa
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The [ADJ + as] intensifier construction in Māori English/Aotearoa English

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract We introduce the Waikato Māori English Conversation (MEC) corpus, which consists of 43 dyadic conversations between 49 young adults who self‐recorded informal conversations with close friends, in their own homes, with no topic of conversation specified (83 hours of dialogue; nearly 800,000 words).
Andreea S. Calude, Hēmi Whaanga
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Game-Based Phonetics Instruction in a Brain-Compatible Classroom

open access: yesStudies in Linguistics and Language Education
Phonetics is often considered as a complicated subject for many EFL learners. Despite its crucial importance in learning English, particularly pronunciation and speaking, many students usually neglect it believing it is hard and unengaging.
Ahlem Chelghoum
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The Politeness Prosody of the Javanese Directive Speech [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This experimental phonetic research deals with the prosodies of directive speech in Javanese. The research procedures were: (1) speech production, (2) acoustic analysis, and (3) perception test.
Rahyono, F. X. (F)
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An acoustic study on monophthongs in Central Australian Aboriginal English

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract We present an acoustic analysis of monophthongal vowel production in Central Australian Aboriginal English (CAAE), providing one of the first systematic examinations of this variety spoken by English‐as‐a‐first‐language (L1) speakers in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Australia.
Yizhou Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sound‐offset encoding is related to speech‐in‐noise perception at sentence level in older adults

open access: yesThe Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Schematic summary of the study investigating sound‐onset and offset sensitivity in the brain of older adults. EEG responses to white‐noise bursts were recorded to examine neural encoding of sound onset and offset during passive listening and active task conditions.
Hasan Colak   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Von Kempelen et al. : remarks on the history of articulatory-acoustic modelling [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The contribution of von Kempelen’s “Mechanism of Speech” to the ‘phonetic sciences‘ will be analyzed with respect to his theoretical reasoning on speech and speech production on the one hand and on the other in connection with his practical insights ...
Pompino-Marschall, Bernd
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