VL2 Flashcards
1
Q
IPA
A
International Phonetic Alphabet
= transcription system for all languages of the world
2
Q
Foreign accent as a problem
A
A) content: comprehension difficulties
B) communicative atmosphere: stereotypes
German accent low in prestige
3
Q
Causes of interference (9)
A
- minimal pairs
- final devoicing, distribution of /s/ and /z/ (this accent feature depends on region of Germany)
- realisations of /l/ and /r/ phonemes
German: clear pallative /l/
BrE: pallative clear and dark /l/ - word stress
- weak forms for grammatical function words
- words often run together in connected speech, generally no glottal stop in syllable-initial prevocalic position
- Articles: My brother is a photographer vs. Mein Bruder ist Fotograph.
- (non-) human distinction: the people which = who
- punctuation in (non-) defining relative clauses