Prominence and Melody Mistakes in the Spontaneous Speech of Czech Learners of English

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Prominence and Melody Mistakes in the Spontaneous Speech of Czech Learners of English

Original language description

The differences in English and Czech melody, accentuation, and rhythm patterns are viewed in the article as most likely causes of the Czech learners‘ intonation mistakes. The article aims at identifying these mistakes to help Czech students achieve better intelligibility of their spontaneous English speech. The results of the auditory and acoustic analyses, including the British native speakers‘ perceptual assessment of the Czech accent, are employed to identify the problematic areas of L2 intonation acquisition. An attempt is made to link these areas, namely the insufficient expression of prominence, differences in speech segmentation, and the choice of melody patterns, with L1 intonation transfer. The article concludes that although these mistakes do not pose a severe obstruction to communication, focused classroom instruction aimed at overcoming the Czech language interference will significantly facilitate English intonation acquisition and improve the general intelligibility of students‘ speech.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60201 - General language studies

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Skase Journal of Theoretical Linguistics

ISSN

1336-782X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

19

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

SK - SLOVAKIA

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

2-17

UT code for WoS article

000926444500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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