Assessing knowledge of English intonation patterns by L2 speakers
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香港中文大学研究人员 ( 现职)

尹彦君小姐 (语言学及现代语言系)

莫碧琪教授 (语言学及现代语言系)

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摘要English intonation can be difficult for L2 speakers to learn, particularly for those whose L1 intonation system works differently from English. This study investigates whether Hong Kong English (HKE) speakers whose L1 is Cantonese have knowledge of the appropriate English intonation patterns in specific contexts. Results from an intonation pattern selection tasks indicate that HKE speakers (n = 4http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/0) performed worse than British English speakers (n = 25) in general. For some sentence types, selection patterns of HKE speakers and native English speakers were quite similar, while HKE speakers had particular difficulty with tag questions. The lack of equivalent structures in L1 may explain their difficulties. Interestingly, native English speakers also showed much variation in their intonation selection for some sentence types. The results suggest that HKE speakers have partial knowledge of English intonation patterns. The lack of sufficient knowledge, in addition to L1 influence, can explain the differences between native and L2 English intonation choices.

着者Mok P., Yin Y., Setter J., Nayan N.M.
会议名称8th Speech Prosody 2http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/016
会议开始日31.http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/05.2http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/016
会议完结日http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/03.http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/06.2http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/016
会议地点Boston
会议国家美国
出版年份2http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/016
月份1
日期1
卷号2http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/016-January
页次543 - 547
国际标準期刊号2333-2http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/042
语言英式英语

关键词Cantonese, English, Intonation, L2 acquisition