ERIC Number: ED269981
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Publication Date: 1980
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Survey of Foreigners' Pronunciation Problems in Swedish.
Bannert, Robert
This paper reports results of an analysis of pronunciation problems and error patterns in the recorded speech of 38 immigrants to Sweden. The recordings, of both spontaneous and elicited speech in Swedish, were taken from an archival collection. The native-language groups studied include British English, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Greek, Persian, Punjabi, Japanese, Chinese, and Thai. Samples of Swedish spoken with prototypical accents of the native languages were used, analysis of the samples was accomplished by direct auditory analysis for comparison with Swedish phonology rather than from transcriptions, and evaluation of pronunciation problems was based on two typical accent phenomena: non-attainment of a phonemic target and impaired comprehensibility involving mostly prosodic features, such as stress, and their combinations. The results of the analyses are presented in chart form, which note the specific Swedish segmental and prosodic targets at phrase, word, and syllable levels and the languages in which those targets appear to be most problematic. The chart format is used to clarify the number and distribution of problems for each language and to be a potentially useful source of information for teachers of Swedish for foreigners. (MSE)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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