The relationship between the perception and production of four General British vowels by Slovene university students of English
This paper presents a study of the influence of orthography and phonemic transcription on the pronunciation of the four GB vowels /e/, /æ/, /ʌ/, and /ɜ:/ by Slovene university students of English. The paper also examines the relation between the perception and production of the four vowels in quest...
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2017-12-01
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This paper presents a study of the influence of orthography and phonemic transcription on the pronunciation of the four GB vowels /e/, /æ/, /ʌ/, and /ɜ:/ by Slovene university students of English. The paper also examines the relation between the perception and production of the four vowels in question by comparing the perception results of the same vowels from a previous study and the production results of this study. The results indicate a positive influence of phonemic transcription on the production of the examined vowels, whereas the influence of orthography on the pronunciation is confusing and leads to pronunciation errors. The results also confirm the findings of the perception study that the most difficult vowel contrast to maintain is between /e/ and /æ/. Interestingly, the perceived vocalic substitutes do not match the pronunciation substitutes for these two vowels. While the pronunciation of /e/ is excellent, its perception is still confused with /æ/.
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| spelling | doaj.art-ebef9a157d4d4b4e9f81fde1576e49362023-01-18T09:49:35ZdeuUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Linguistica0024-39222350-420X2017-12-0157110.4312/linguistica.57.1.161-170The relationship between the perception and production of four General British vowels by Slovene university students of EnglishSmiljana Komar0University of Ljubljana This paper presents a study of the influence of orthography and phonemic transcription on the pronunciation of the four GB vowels /e/, /æ/, /ʌ/, and /ɜ:/ by Slovene university students of English. The paper also examines the relation between the perception and production of the four vowels in question by comparing the perception results of the same vowels from a previous study and the production results of this study. The results indicate a positive influence of phonemic transcription on the production of the examined vowels, whereas the influence of orthography on the pronunciation is confusing and leads to pronunciation errors. The results also confirm the findings of the perception study that the most difficult vowel contrast to maintain is between /e/ and /æ/. Interestingly, the perceived vocalic substitutes do not match the pronunciation substitutes for these two vowels. While the pronunciation of /e/ is excellent, its perception is still confused with /æ/. https://journals.uni-lj.si/linguistica/article/view/7544phonemic transcriptionGB vowelsperception of vowelsproduction of vowelsorthography |
| spellingShingle | Smiljana Komar The relationship between the perception and production of four General British vowels by Slovene university students of English Linguistica phonemic transcription GB vowels perception of vowels production of vowels orthography |
| title | The relationship between the perception and production of four General British vowels by Slovene university students of English |
| title_full | The relationship between the perception and production of four General British vowels by Slovene university students of English |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between the perception and production of four General British vowels by Slovene university students of English |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between the perception and production of four General British vowels by Slovene university students of English |
| title_short | The relationship between the perception and production of four General British vowels by Slovene university students of English |
| title_sort | relationship between the perception and production of four general british vowels by slovene university students of english |
| topic | phonemic transcription GB vowels perception of vowels production of vowels orthography |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/linguistica/article/view/7544 |
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