Difficulties Faced by British and Iraqi Undergraduate Students of English When Pronouncing Arabic True Geminates and English Fake Geminates

     This paper investigates  gemination which is a phonetic phenomenon in English and Arabic .It is concerned with true geminates and fake geminates phonetically ,true geminates which are found  in Arabic are long segments which contrast  with short ones , thus Arabic speakers  have a phonemic len...

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Main Authors: Prof .Dr .Muslih Shwaysh Ahmed, Assist. Lecturer Imad Hayif Sameer
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: Collage of Education Ibn Rushd / University of Baghdad 2016-06-01
Series:الأستاذ
Online Access:https://alustath.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/UJIRCO/article/view/549
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description      This paper investigates  gemination which is a phonetic phenomenon in English and Arabic .It is concerned with true geminates and fake geminates phonetically ,true geminates which are found  in Arabic are long segments which contrast  with short ones , thus Arabic speakers  have a phonemic length  contrast since  they treat long and short versions of the same sound as distinct categories . In contrast, fake geminates which are found in Arabic, but in English are called so because they are phonetically long but their length does not serve as a phonetic contrast .The research aims at revealing  the difference in the achievement of the Arab  and British undergraduate students of English when pronouncing Arabic true geminates and English fake geminates .It also aims to point out the effect of the intrinsic difference that concerns gemination in both languages . The third aim of this paper is to find out the type of English fake geminate which has more difference in the achievement of the subjects involved in this research .On the light of these aims three hypotheses were set .To carry out this research ,ten Iraqi (Arab ) undergraduate students of English from University of Anbar (4th year students ) were chosen besides ten British undergraduate students of English(4th year students ) from Essex University .The subjects involved in the study  have to participate in two tests .In the first ,they have to pronounce  twenty Arabic words (single and geminate),whereas in the second test ,they have to pronounce  thirty words about the types of English fake geminates ,ten words were selected for each type .The study  arrives at certain findings and conclusions .      
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spelling doaj.art-d7a2ed03c9844947b3ab9ef1e36585632022-12-21T23:55:49ZaraCollage of Education Ibn Rushd / University of Baghdadالأستاذ0552-265X2518-92632016-06-01217110.36473/ujhss.v217i1.549Difficulties Faced by British and Iraqi Undergraduate Students of English When Pronouncing Arabic True Geminates and English Fake GeminatesProf .Dr .Muslih Shwaysh Ahmed0Assist. Lecturer Imad Hayif Sameer1University of Anbar - College of Education for HumanitiesUniversity of Anbar - College of Education for Humanities      This paper investigates  gemination which is a phonetic phenomenon in English and Arabic .It is concerned with true geminates and fake geminates phonetically ,true geminates which are found  in Arabic are long segments which contrast  with short ones , thus Arabic speakers  have a phonemic length  contrast since  they treat long and short versions of the same sound as distinct categories . In contrast, fake geminates which are found in Arabic, but in English are called so because they are phonetically long but their length does not serve as a phonetic contrast .The research aims at revealing  the difference in the achievement of the Arab  and British undergraduate students of English when pronouncing Arabic true geminates and English fake geminates .It also aims to point out the effect of the intrinsic difference that concerns gemination in both languages . The third aim of this paper is to find out the type of English fake geminate which has more difference in the achievement of the subjects involved in this research .On the light of these aims three hypotheses were set .To carry out this research ,ten Iraqi (Arab ) undergraduate students of English from University of Anbar (4th year students ) were chosen besides ten British undergraduate students of English(4th year students ) from Essex University .The subjects involved in the study  have to participate in two tests .In the first ,they have to pronounce  twenty Arabic words (single and geminate),whereas in the second test ,they have to pronounce  thirty words about the types of English fake geminates ,ten words were selected for each type .The study  arrives at certain findings and conclusions .       https://alustath.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/UJIRCO/article/view/549
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Assist. Lecturer Imad Hayif Sameer
Difficulties Faced by British and Iraqi Undergraduate Students of English When Pronouncing Arabic True Geminates and English Fake Geminates
الأستاذ
title Difficulties Faced by British and Iraqi Undergraduate Students of English When Pronouncing Arabic True Geminates and English Fake Geminates
title_full Difficulties Faced by British and Iraqi Undergraduate Students of English When Pronouncing Arabic True Geminates and English Fake Geminates
title_fullStr Difficulties Faced by British and Iraqi Undergraduate Students of English When Pronouncing Arabic True Geminates and English Fake Geminates
title_full_unstemmed Difficulties Faced by British and Iraqi Undergraduate Students of English When Pronouncing Arabic True Geminates and English Fake Geminates
title_short Difficulties Faced by British and Iraqi Undergraduate Students of English When Pronouncing Arabic True Geminates and English Fake Geminates
title_sort difficulties faced by british and iraqi undergraduate students of english when pronouncing arabic true geminates and english fake geminates
url https://alustath.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/UJIRCO/article/view/549
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