THE PERCEPTION OF ENGLISH LENIS PLOSIVE CONSONANTS WORD-FINALLY AND WORD-INITIALLY BY THE POLES

• Authors: Rojczyk A.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The study endeavours to probe into the perception of English lenis plosive consonants word-initially and word-finally by the Poles without any experience with English either in form of formal classroom teaching or contacts with native speakers. It proceeds from a concise contrastive articulatory and acoustic juxtaposition of Polish and English plosives, grouped into respective phenomena, to the analysis of research data. The research is expected to shed some light upon efficiency of the perception of lenis plosives by the Poles, who utilise the voiced - voiceless rather than fortis - lenis distinction as a functional contrast. Then, more detailed questions are posed concerning the potential influence of neighbouring sounds, such as vowels of front or back quality, on the perception. Finally, certain observed tendencies and regularities are indicated.

Keywords

EN

ENGLISH LENIS PLOSIVE CONSONANTS PERCEPTION

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Linguistica Silesiana
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 26
• Pages: 91-104
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Rojczyk A.

• A. Rojczyk, Uniwersytet Slaski w Katowicach, ul. Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA02745610