Abstract
This study compares the articulation of two pairs of similar vowels in Mandarin Chinese in Taiwan and American English. Four Taiwanese learners and four native speakers of American English were recruited to produce five vowels for each language. Acoustic vowel qualities of formant one (F1) and formant two (F2 ) values were measured and analyzed. Results show that Chinese English and American English are different in vowel height and frontness. Pedagogical implications are provided for EFL teachers to help Chinese learners improve their pronunciation. Copyright © 2011 Arab Open University.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-19 |
| Journal | CALR Linguistic Journal |
| Volume | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2011 |
Citation
Chen, H. C., & Wang, M. J. (2011). An acoustic analysis of Chinese and English vowels. CALR Linguistic Journal, 1, 1-19.Keywords
- Acoustic phonetics
- Pronunciation teaching
- Interlanguage analysis