VL2

Question 1

IPA

Answer 1

International Phonetic Alphabet
= transcription system for all languages of the world

Question 2

Foreign accent as a problem

Answer 2

A) content: comprehension difficulties
B) communicative atmosphere: stereotypes

German accent low in prestige

Question 3

Causes of interference (9)

Answer 3

1. minimal pairs
2. final devoicing, distribution of /s/ and /z/ (this accent feature depends on region of Germany)
3. realisations of /l/ and /r/ phonemes
   German: clear pallative /l/
   BrE: pallative clear and dark /l/
4. word stress
5. weak forms for grammatical function words
6. words often run together in connected speech, generally no glottal stop in syllable-initial prevocalic position
7. Articles: My brother is a photographer vs. Mein Bruder ist Fotograph.
8. (non-) human distinction: the people which = who
9. punctuation in (non-) defining relative clauses