Ukrainian English Accent: Roots, Reasons and Basic Features

• Authors: Kochubei Viktoriia
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper explores the origin of a foreign accent in non-native speech. Deviations from the pronun¬ciation norm in the articulation of English vowels and consonants by Ukrainian learners of English form a dynamic system of specific features correlating with the degree of foreign language competence. Phonetic interference of native language production and perception habits into the foreign language performance has its psychological and linguistic reasons. Divergence of phonological and phonetic features of native and foreign languages, automated articulations transferred into the foreign speech shape the specific character of the foreign accent. The contrastive analysis of the articulatory bases of English and Ukrainian as well as the analysis of actual phonetic deviations enabled to single out salient features of Ukrainian English accent.

Keywords

EN

non-native accent; phonetic interference; deviations from standard pronunciation; articulatory basis; foreign language acquisition

• Publisher: Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT – Wrocławskie Wydawnictwo Oświatowe
• Journal: Linguistische Treffen in Wrocław
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 16
• Pages: 271-279

Contributors

author

Kochubei Viktoriia

• Central Ukrainian Volodymyr Vynnychenko State Pedagogical University, Kropyvnytskyi

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Identifiers

DOI

10.23817/lingtreff.16-20