Comparing the Melodies of Turkish and English Speech: A Focus on Suprasegmentals

Autor/in	Sürüç Sen, Nur
Titel	Comparing the Melodies of Turkish and English Speech: A Focus on Suprasegmentals
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 17 (2021) 1, S.377-397 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-578X
Schlagwörter	Intonation; Language Rhythm; Suprasegmentals; Turkish; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; North American English; Native Speakers; Contrastive Linguistics; Oral Reading; Sentences; Intelligibility; Speech Communication; Phonology; Pronunciation; Computer Software; Teaching Methods; Second Language Instruction; Computational Linguistics; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachrhythmus; Türkisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Amerikanisches Englisch; Muttersprachler; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Oral work; Reading; Mündliche Übung; Leseprozess; Lesen; Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Fonologie; Aussprache; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Computerlinguistik; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	When it comes to paying attention to the suprasegmental features of their speech, most learners of English seem to be unaware that such phenomena as stress, pitch, duration, and pausing can be of great importance regarding mutual intelligibility. Since they carry a considerable weight of establishing an intelligible conversation, it is argued that they should take part in learners' curricula. In this light, the present study is set out to examine the suprasegmental features of a non-native learner and a native speaker, deriving similarities and diversions with regards to the way they operate the suprasegmental features in their speech data. Therefore, the present study analyses and compares some suprasegmental features of the speech data gathered from a Turkish learner of English and a native speaker of American English. In this vein, fifty sentences are read aloud separately by the Turkish learner of English and the native speaker. The similarities and diversion points are presented and analyzed to highlight some recursivities within the dataset. In this way, teachers and learners of English might be informed upon certain points to improve their intelligibility. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. Hacettepe Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi B Blok, Yabanci Diller Egitimi Bolumu, Ingiliz Dili Egitimi Anabilim Dali, Ankara 06800, Turkey. e-mail: jllsturkey@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jlls.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/1/01