The Influence of Vowel Context on the Perception and Production of Emphatic Sounds Among L2 learners of Arabic
Binasfour, Hajar . 2018
In the field of phonetics and phonology, it has been argued that Arabic emphatic sounds /sˤ/, /ðˤ/, /dˤ/, and /tˤ/ are distinctive and unique to Arabic and they are considered the most difficult sounds for L2 learners of Arabic to acquire. This research included investigating the ability of a group of Arabic L2 learners to perceive and produce these sounds in different vowel contexts. The aim was to investigate which vowel context is the most difficult to perceive and produce and whether the difficulty of a certain contexts is related to learners’ L1s or the amount of pharyngealisation spread. Audio samples and identification test results were collected from 38 participants and speakers of Mandarin, Urdu and English producing and perceiving the four emphatic sounds in the three vowel contexts. The results showed that the influence of the quality and realisation of pharyngealisation spread rather than L1 transfer could be a robust and plausible explanation for relative difficulty due to finding similar identification and production patterns in the three language groups that have different vowel inventories.
يهدف هذا البحث إلى تسليط الضوء على جانب مهم في الفروق الفردية يرتبط بالذاكرة والقدرة على استقبال المدخلات الصوتية الجديدة واستيعابها. فكفاءة الذاكرة الفونولوجية من أبرز العوامل التي تؤثر على قدرة…
In the field of phonetics and phonology, it has been argued that Arabic emphatic sounds /sˤ/, /ðˤ/, /dˤ/, and /tˤ/ are distinctive and unique to Arabic and they are considered the most difficult…
This study examined the Arabic L2 learners’ ability to perceive and produce the emphatic sounds /sˤ/, /ðˤ/, /dˤ/, and /tˤ/. Specifically, the study explored the effects of traditional-…