A corpus-based analysis of transfer effects and connected speech processes in Vietnamese English


Autoria(s): Nguyen, Thu; Ingram, John
Contribuinte(s)

S. Cassidy

F. Cox

R. Mannell,

S. Palethorpe

Data(s)

01/01/2004

Resumo

This paper presents a corpus-based descriptive analysis of the most prevalent transfer effects and connected speech processes observed in a comparison of 11 Vietnamese English speakers (6 females, 5 males) and 12 Australian English speakers (6 males, 6 females) over 24 grammatical paraphrase items. The phonetic processes are segmentally labelled in terms of IPA diacritic features using the EMU speech database system with the aim of labelling departures from native-speaker pronunciation. An analysis of prosodic features was made using ToBI framework. The results show many phonetic and prosodic processes which make non-native speakers’ speech distinct from native ones. The corpusbased methodology of analysing foreign accent may have implications for the evaluation of non-native accent, accented speech recognition and computer assisted pronunciation- learning.

Identificador

http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:101648

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Australian Speech Science and Technology Association

Palavras-Chave #EX #380302 Linguistic Processes (incl. Speech Production and Comprehension) #751099 Communication not elsewhere classified
Tipo

Conference Paper