Error analysis of the pronunciation of English consonants

We provide here a brief summary of the most significant errors of Faroese speakers in the production of English consonants, and advice on how these can be remedied. The analysis is based on audio recordings of six informants from Eysturoy in the north of the Faroes. Altogether, a total of 3,547 o...

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Main Authors: Elsa Í. Hjøllum, Inger M. Mees
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Published: Föreningen Tidskriften Moderna språk 2012-12-01
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Online Access:https://publicera.kb.se/mosp/article/view/8170
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description We provide here a brief summary of the most significant errors of Faroese speakers in the production of English consonants, and advice on how these can be remedied. The analysis is based on audio recordings of six informants from Eysturoy in the north of the Faroes. Altogether, a total of 3,547 occurrences of sounds were analysed. Results show that Faroese speakers have problems with certain phonemic contrasts which are very similar to those facing many other non-native speakers of English. However, they also exhibit errors which are less usual worldwide (e.g. pre-aspiration of fortis stops). There are at the moment no textbooks for Faroese learners of English, nor any descriptions of their pronunciation difficulties; this paper is a first attempt at filling that gap.
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spelling doaj-art-b21fcf7e8e4e4344b778efe58ff4fd102024-12-06T11:59:00ZdeuFöreningen Tidskriften Moderna språkModerna Språk2000-35602012-12-01106210.58221/mosp.v106i2.8170Error analysis of the pronunciation of English consonantsElsa Í. Hjøllum0Inger M. Mees1Copenhagen Business SchoolCopenhagen Business School We provide here a brief summary of the most significant errors of Faroese speakers in the production of English consonants, and advice on how these can be remedied. The analysis is based on audio recordings of six informants from Eysturoy in the north of the Faroes. Altogether, a total of 3,547 occurrences of sounds were analysed. Results show that Faroese speakers have problems with certain phonemic contrasts which are very similar to those facing many other non-native speakers of English. However, they also exhibit errors which are less usual worldwide (e.g. pre-aspiration of fortis stops). There are at the moment no textbooks for Faroese learners of English, nor any descriptions of their pronunciation difficulties; this paper is a first attempt at filling that gap. https://publicera.kb.se/mosp/article/view/8170Faroese learners of Englishpronunciation problemsconsonant articulationspre-aspirationerror analysisempirical study
spellingShingle Elsa Í. Hjøllum
Inger M. Mees
Error analysis of the pronunciation of English consonants
Moderna Språk
Faroese learners of English
pronunciation problems
consonant articulations
pre-aspiration
error analysis
empirical study
title Error analysis of the pronunciation of English consonants
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title_short Error analysis of the pronunciation of English consonants
title_sort error analysis of the pronunciation of english consonants
topic Faroese learners of English
pronunciation problems
consonant articulations
pre-aspiration
error analysis
empirical study
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