VL2 Flashcards

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IPA

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

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Foreign accent as a problem

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

German accent low in prestige

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Causes of interference (9)

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  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
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