english native speaker pronunciation
INTRODUCTION
In this task I will talk about my research and analysis on English native speaker’s pronunciation, which can be a useful tool to understand the rules adhered to it. The consistencies and inconsistencies among the speaker, the account of them and the reasons why they do happen will be observed in this analysis. I asked six native speakers to read aloud some sentences. Five of them were American and one was Canadian. They were told that all of them had nonsense words.
Analysis of findings
The following charts show the different pronunciations given to the target words.
The numbers 1 to 5 reefer to American interviewees. The number 6 reefers to a Canadian one. Number 5* reefers to a person who lived in The USA for 20 years but he was born in Mexico City. “Spanish speakers are accustomed to bundling consonants and vowels into successive syllables and pronouncing them all equally distinctly, equally loudly and equally long” (Brown 1977) In case 5 the sentences were read a bit flat , probably due to Brown´s observation.
ANALYSIS
Sentence 1
The word pratted was pronounced the same by 5 out of the 6 interviewees.
The word bicked was pronounced the same by 3 out of the 6 interviewees.
The word rathed was inconsistently pronounced since it had 5 different pronunciations.
Sentence 2
The word crants was pronounced more consistently by 5 out of the 6 speakers.
The word wugs was pronounced the same just by two people.
The word chugles was pronounced in 3 different ways.
Sentence 3
The word woiter was inconsistently pronounced just two people had the same pronunciation.
The word woider was inconsistently pronounced just two people had the same pronunciation.
Sentence 4
The word Sphinger was pronounced the same way by 3 people, the other 3 pronounced it differently.
The word sphing was the most consistent. It was pronounced the same by all of them.
Sentence 5
The word tingrene is a interesting case since none of the
In this task I will talk about my research and analysis on English native speaker’s pronunciation, which can be a useful tool to understand the rules adhered to it. The consistencies and inconsistencies among the speaker, the account of them and the reasons why they do happen will be observed in this analysis. I asked six native speakers to read aloud some sentences. Five of them were American and one was Canadian. They were told that all of them had nonsense words.
Analysis of findings
The following charts show the different pronunciations given to the target words.
The numbers 1 to 5 reefer to American interviewees. The number 6 reefers to a Canadian one. Number 5* reefers to a person who lived in The USA for 20 years but he was born in Mexico City. “Spanish speakers are accustomed to bundling consonants and vowels into successive syllables and pronouncing them all equally distinctly, equally loudly and equally long” (Brown 1977) In case 5 the sentences were read a bit flat , probably due to Brown´s observation.
ANALYSIS
Sentence 1
The word pratted was pronounced the same by 5 out of the 6 interviewees.
The word bicked was pronounced the same by 3 out of the 6 interviewees.
The word rathed was inconsistently pronounced since it had 5 different pronunciations.
Sentence 2
The word crants was pronounced more consistently by 5 out of the 6 speakers.
The word wugs was pronounced the same just by two people.
The word chugles was pronounced in 3 different ways.
Sentence 3
The word woiter was inconsistently pronounced just two people had the same pronunciation.
The word woider was inconsistently pronounced just two people had the same pronunciation.
Sentence 4
The word Sphinger was pronounced the same way by 3 people, the other 3 pronounced it differently.
The word sphing was the most consistent. It was pronounced the same by all of them.
Sentence 5
The word tingrene is a interesting case since none of the
References: Paul Davies & Anne Fraenkel (2003) The Language in English Teaching. Richmond Publishing. Prator,C..& Wallace,B. Manual of American English Pronunciation. Gimson , A.C. Gimson’s Pronunciation of English. Hodder Education