Predictability Effect of Arabic Stress Pattern in English Lexical Stress Production by Arab EFL Undergraduates.
The present study investigates the effect of Arabic lexical stress predictability in producing English lexical stress by Yemeni EFL undergraduates and native Hadhrami Arabic (HA) speakers. The study involved the participation of 69 Yemeni EFL undergraduates with two varying levels of English profici...
| Publicado en: | Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 535 - 562 |
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Universiti Putra Malaysia
Jun2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=178373934&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 178373934 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 01287702 TKQ jtl: Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities issn: 01287702 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2024 vid: 32 iid: 2 pid: 20751 pub: Universiti Putra Malaysia artinfo: ui: 178373934 10.47836/pjssh.32.2.09 ppf: 535 ppct: 27 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 5.8MB tig: atl: Predictability Effect of Arabic Stress Pattern in English Lexical Stress Production by Arab EFL Undergraduates. aug: au: Saleh Baagbah, Samah Yaslam Jaganathan, Paramaswari affil: School of Languages, Literacies and Translation, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia su: Arab students English as a foreign language English language ability testing Syllable (Grammar) Stress (Linguistics) English vowels sug: subj: Arab students English as a foreign language English language ability testing Syllable (Grammar) Stress (Linguistics) English vowels keyword: English lexical stress L1 phonological system PRAAT stress pattern predictability Yemeni EFL learners ab: The present study investigates the effect of Arabic lexical stress predictability in producing English lexical stress by Yemeni EFL undergraduates and native Hadhrami Arabic (HA) speakers. The study involved the participation of 69 Yemeni EFL undergraduates with two varying levels of English proficiency. Additionally, 10 American native speakers were included to evaluate the correct production of English stress patterns by the Yemeni EFL undergraduates. The authors adopt the Metrical Theory and the Stress Typology Model to underpin the grounds of this study. Data from the study were collected through a production experiment using individual recording sessions for each participant reading 84 English real and nonce words. The differences between stressed and unstressed syllables were measured using phonetic cues ratios, vowel duration, intensity, and fundamental frequency (F0), analysed through PRAAT software. The findings suggest that the production of English lexical stress by Yemeni EFL undergraduates is influenced by HA. However, the predictability of the Arabic stress pattern does not always trigger errors in producing English lexical stress by Yemeni EFL undergraduates. Findings indicate that Yemeni EFL undergraduates are more attentive to vowel weight, especially when the ultimate syllable incorporates a tense vowel. It stands in contrast to the conventional approach of syllable structure, which places a more pronounced emphasis on instructing English vowels among Arab ELF learners as a result of Arabic dialectal variation. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities is the property of Universiti Putra Malaysia and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities holder: Universiti Putra Malaysia dt: @attributes: year: 2024 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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