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English and German Consonant Systems Compared. Phonemic and Phonetic Contrasts

Author : Elisabeth Lyons
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3346009769
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (46 download)

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Book Synopsis English and German Consonant Systems Compared. Phonemic and Phonetic Contrasts by : Elisabeth Lyons

Download or read book English and German Consonant Systems Compared. Phonemic and Phonetic Contrasts written by Elisabeth Lyons and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1, University of Salzburg (Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: DELS I, language: English, abstract: This paper aims to show the most important consonant-related differences between English and German. Not only are phonemic features compared, it also deals with the phonetic differences of consonants that are phonologically identical. The comparison also briefly looks at eventual difficulties in pronunciation of unfamiliar sounds for the learner of the respective language. The consonants are grouped according to the parameter manner of articulation, and each group, for example plosives, nasals, fricatives, affricates, laterals, R-variants and glides, is compared in a separate chapter. Additionally to the distinctive sounds, the most important allophonic variants of certain phonemes of both languages are looked at.The differences described in this comparison do not claim to be exhaustive, however the paper aims to give a general overview regarding the most predominant differences and similarities of the English and German consonant systems, phonologically as well as phonetically. Unless stated differently, the English referred to is RP.

English-German contrastive phonetics and phonology. A study of interviews and speeches

Author : Aykut Sahingöz
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3346161579
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (461 download)

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Book Synopsis English-German contrastive phonetics and phonology. A study of interviews and speeches by : Aykut Sahingöz

Download or read book English-German contrastive phonetics and phonology. A study of interviews and speeches written by Aykut Sahingöz and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2020-05-06 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bachelor Thesis from the year 2019 in the subject Speech Science / Linguistics, grade: 2,7, University of Vechta, language: English, abstract: The linguistic differences between German and English are going to be researched and compared, in order to light upon the reasons for mispronunciations and difficulties for German speakers of English. Learning a language or a skill in general, naturally needs practice and commitment to be able to master it. However, this text is going to leave this aspect aside and will concentrate on differences which emerge from the languages themselves. German and English are two different languages with the same Latin alphabet and different grammar for the naked eye, but beneath the surface are further differences and similarities which can be described in order to understand why German speakers of English seem to produce the same mistakes when no practice for correct pronunciation is given. The importance of English has increased over the past years and is one of the most spoken and important languages. It is needed in business relations, to read manuals, can be used in almost all foreign countries for communication and is generally important for every working citizen in terms of a business language, as former European Commissioner Günther Oettinger stated in his interview with German broadcast channel SWR in 2005. In 2010 a speech of Oettinger was published, which was held in the Columbia University of Berlin and showed, after his contribution in the broadcast, that his English proficiency was not appropriate when considering the circumstances. Especially in terms of politics, an individual wants to be taken seriously and act superior in all tasks given to comply with the role of a representative politician. After Oettinger held his speech, it was naturally connected to what was originally said by him, with the obvious connotation that he failed to meet his own expectations in English acquisition by far, although it was of utmost importance. The English language however can be difficult for foreign speakers. Although being of the same Germanic origin as German, many foreign speakers experience a hard time when trying to achieve native-like pronunciation. Words such as squirrel, all words with a 'th-' and minimal pairs (e.g. hat and had) are often difficult to pronounce and distinguish for foreign learners, due to phonetic and phonemic differences, which cannot easily be translated into the German system due to their non-existence.

English and German. A Comparison of Phonological and Inflectional Properties

Author : Hülya Atasoyi
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668119732
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (681 download)

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Book Synopsis English and German. A Comparison of Phonological and Inflectional Properties by : Hülya Atasoyi

Download or read book English and German. A Comparison of Phonological and Inflectional Properties written by Hülya Atasoyi and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2016-01-04 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2.0, University of Duisburg-Essen (Anglophone Studies), course: Languages around the world, language: English, abstract: This paper aims at providing a comparison of phonological as well as inflectional properties of English and German. It presents an overview of how major differences between both languages correlate with potential problems in language learning. Furthermore, the problems in language learning of two languages of similar historical origin will be examined, in particular German native-speakers in learning English and vice versa. In addition, it might be significant to see how both languages are differently hard to learn. However, it has to be considered that the degree of difficulty in learning one of these languages differs for every individual person. Each section will concentrate on the question whether major differences between English and German correlate with potential problems in language learning, in particular sections 3.2, 4.3 and 5. At first, some background information on these languages will be given. Afterwards, by presenting the phoneme inventory, particularly focusing on interference, this paper takes a specific look at the pronunciation difficulties of second language learners. Additionally, a short definition of the term ‘suffixation’ will be given in order to introduce the topic ‘inflection’. Selected inflectional suffixes in English and German, with focus on nouns and pronouns, will be investigated separately with examples in order to give an overview about this morphologic process in both languages. What is also presented in this section is an extensive comparison of inflectional suffixes. Furthermore, a survey was conducted in which students and people with less English and/or German knowledge were questioned. The survey is concerned with difficulties in learning English and German.

A Contrastive Analysis of the English and the German Sound System

Author : Nermin Bastug
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783656213543
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (135 download)

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Book Synopsis A Contrastive Analysis of the English and the German Sound System by : Nermin Bastug

Download or read book A Contrastive Analysis of the English and the German Sound System written by Nermin Bastug and published by . This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English - Grammar, Style, Working Technique, grade: 14, University of Marburg, course: Problems of English Grammar, language: English, abstract: This work is titled "A Contrastive Analysis of the English and the German Sound System. Problems and Suggestions for Teaching." The features of sound in a language are systematically structured. They are divided into two main branches: (a) the branch of segmental features including consonants and vowels, and (b) the branch of supra-segmental features including stress, intonation, pause, juncture, and rhythm (Nasr 1997: 2). My paper refers to branch (a) and illustrates the differences between the English (RP) and German consonant and vowel systems. The resulting contrasts reveal the main difficulties German learners of English are confronted with, therefore, these need to be exposed in teaching (Kufner 1971: 36). After contrasting the sound systems, I will comment on the aim and importance of learning English pronunciation, and then I will explain the error degrees caused by the sound contrasts. Later, there is an overview of the most important qualifications of a phonetic teacher, and finally I will provide suggestions for teaching the pronunciation difficulties caused by the differences between the two languages.

German Pronunciation and Phonology

Author : Jethro Bithell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429889216
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Book Synopsis German Pronunciation and Phonology by : Jethro Bithell

Download or read book German Pronunciation and Phonology written by Jethro Bithell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-29 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1952. This book does not confine itself to German phonetics; it aims rather at showing by what processes and tricks of sound words have been shaped in the course of years; it is therefore a book on phonology as well. It should have a wide appeal to students of German. Moreover, since the treatment of laws and sound processes is comparative, it will be useful to students of other languages, particularly of the Scandinavian group and Dutch.

Contrastive Analysis: English-German

Author : Catharina Belinghausen
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3640441540
Total Pages : 21 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (44 download)

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Book Synopsis Contrastive Analysis: English-German by : Catharina Belinghausen

Download or read book Contrastive Analysis: English-German written by Catharina Belinghausen and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2009-10-08 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English - Pedagogy, Didactics, Literature Studies, grade: 2,0, University of Cologne, language: English, abstract: Speaking English in a „native-like“ way does not only consist of the abilities of speaking fluently and gramatically correct. Pronounciation and the proper use of the right sounds at the right time play an important role just as well. This paper outlines the English and German sound system, alludes to the differences between the systems and points at possible resulting problems for the German English learner. Before comparing English to other languages it has to be advised that English occurs in many global and local variations. Similar to the German „Hochdeutsch“, two main standards had been established: „Received Pronounciation“ (RP) of todays’s British English and „General American“ (GA). Since the chose literature basically deals with the latter, this paper is limited to „General American“. To supply an introduction and a basis for the subsequent chapter a short overview of general sound production and the taxonomy of characterizing sounds is provided. Following this taxonomy Englih consonantes are firstly described and thereafter opposed to their German counterparts. Based on the determined differnces, possible phonemic and phonetic difficulties for the English learner are shown and adequate tasks to overcome those obstacles are introduced. Analogue to the previous, the presentation of the vowel systems, their differences and resulting problems completes the paper.

Teaching German Pronunciation

Author : Susan Diane Hawke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching German Pronunciation written by Susan Diane Hawke and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pronunciation Contrasts in English

Author : Don L. F. Nilsen
Publisher : Waveland Press
ISBN 13 : 1478609796
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (786 download)

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Book Synopsis Pronunciation Contrasts in English by : Don L. F. Nilsen

Download or read book Pronunciation Contrasts in English written by Don L. F. Nilsen and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2010-01-27 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this vibrant second edition, the authors have drawn from their own multiple years of teaching and from the knowledge and ideas of 50 linguists and ESL teachers who specialize in particular languages. New to this edition is Part I, an entire section on English spelling as a morphophonemic system. Here, Nilsen and Nilsen clearly explain concepts and patterns of English spelling, pronunciation, and meaning to ease the process of learning English for non-native studentsas well as their teachers. In addition, the authors provide sample activities that creatively and effectively engage students in grasping a particular concept, and include illustrative examples that show English is a systemic language. In Part II, the authors provide extensive lists of both vowel and consonant contrasts, each with phonetic diagrams and descriptions, minimal pairs (both isolated and in sentences), and specific languages for which the contrast may be problematic. These valuable examples help students hear and produce pronunciation differences that are important in English and bring their pronunciation closer to that of native English speakers. Both prospective and practicing teachers will appreciate the flexibility and freedom afforded by these well-designed materials.

The Pronounciation of German Loanwords in English. An Analysis of Phonological Differences

Author : Stefanie Dietzel
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668258333
Total Pages : 17 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (682 download)

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Book Synopsis The Pronounciation of German Loanwords in English. An Analysis of Phonological Differences by : Stefanie Dietzel

Download or read book The Pronounciation of German Loanwords in English. An Analysis of Phonological Differences written by Stefanie Dietzel and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2016-07-12 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2, University of Marburg (Fremdsprachliche Philologien), course: Contrastive Linguistics, language: English, abstract: This paper will present the most frequently used German loan words in English and focus on their pronunciation. First, a list of items will represent my data collection via the Oxford English Dictionary. It will refer to the study of the etymology of the words. After that, the paper will show the results of the recording of native speakers of English. Then the words will be analysed with respect to phonetic realization. Finally, I will emphasise the main differences between English and German phonology. “English does not have many German loanwords – at least not many of common use – but those it does have are a rather more mixed bunch than such stereotypic lists might imply.” (Stubbs 1998:19) With his statement, Stubbs refers to those linguists who claim that the small number of German loanwords in English only originate from specific historical contexts. In his paper, he wants to revise this belief and show that also more general terms are adapted from German to English.

German Phonetics and Phonology

Author : Mary Grantham O'Brien
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300225180
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis German Phonetics and Phonology by : Mary Grantham O'Brien

Download or read book German Phonetics and Phonology written by Mary Grantham O'Brien and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-28 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first course book designed to engage students in the pronunciation of modern German by grounding practice in theory An essential introduction to the pronunciation of modern German, this unique classroom text is designed to help mid- to upper-level undergraduate students of German produce more accurate and comprehensible German speech. Written in English in a clear and engaging style and employing a minimum of technical jargon, it is the first German phonetics and phonology text to focus on theory and practice, covering topics ranging from the analysis of one's own speech to historical developments and regional variation. This work includes a wealth of exercises supported by an ancillary website audio program designed to help students perceive and produce sounds and prosodic features more accurately. Addressing topics such as word stress, sentence stress, and intonation as well as the pronunciation of individual sounds, this one-of-a-kind primer provides its users with a solid basis in German phonetics and phonology in order to improve their pronunciation of German.

Overcoming the Pronunciation Barrier. The Aptitude for Phonetic Mimicry and German ESL Students' Linguistic Awareness

Author : Anna Lynn Dolman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783346216120
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)

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Book Synopsis Overcoming the Pronunciation Barrier. The Aptitude for Phonetic Mimicry and German ESL Students' Linguistic Awareness by : Anna Lynn Dolman

Download or read book Overcoming the Pronunciation Barrier. The Aptitude for Phonetic Mimicry and German ESL Students' Linguistic Awareness written by Anna Lynn Dolman and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-13 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

English and its Varieties. An Analysis of the British and the North American Sound System

Author : Agnetha Hinz
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668010900
Total Pages : 17 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (68 download)

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Book Synopsis English and its Varieties. An Analysis of the British and the North American Sound System by : Agnetha Hinz

Download or read book English and its Varieties. An Analysis of the British and the North American Sound System written by Agnetha Hinz and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,0, Free University of Berlin (Institut für Englische Philologie), course: Levels of Linguistic Analysis II, language: English, abstract: Regarding the English language, there are wide variations in pronunciation, including dialects or accents due to differences within the age, the gender, or the geographical origin of the speaker. But there are also variations that are defined as standard pronunciation. Two of them, concerning the English language, are known as the Received Pronunciation (RP), which presents the Standard British accent, and the General American accent (GA), which presents the standard pronunciation in North America. Nowadays those variations face the people amongst others by the spoken media, like television or radio. Especially English learners who were, or still are predominantly confronted with the British English Pronunciation due to their academic education tend to have an issue with the unfamiliar General American pronunciation. To illustrate the differences between the General American accent and the Received Pronunciation in British English, this paper dwells on the individual parts that finally form a specific pronunciation type: The differences within the vowel and consonant system, as well the differences within the articulation with focus on the stress of syllables.

A Contrastive Analysis of the English and the German Sound System

Author : Nermin Bastug
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3656213127
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (562 download)

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Book Synopsis A Contrastive Analysis of the English and the German Sound System by : Nermin Bastug

Download or read book A Contrastive Analysis of the English and the German Sound System written by Nermin Bastug and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2012-06-08 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Grammar, Style, Working Technique, grade: 14, University of Marburg, course: Problems of English Grammar, language: English, abstract: This work is titled “A Contrastive Analysis of the English and the German Sound System. Problems and Suggestions for Teaching.” The features of sound in a language are systematically structured. They are divided into two main branches: (a) the branch of segmental features including consonants and vowels, and (b) the branch of supra-segmental features including stress, intonation, pause, juncture, and rhythm (Nasr 1997: 2). My paper refers to branch (a) and illustrates the differences between the English (RP) and German consonant and vowel systems. The resulting contrasts reveal the main difficulties German learners of English are confronted with, therefore, these need to be exposed in teaching (Kufner 1971: 36). After contrasting the sound systems, I will comment on the aim and importance of learning English pronunciation, and then I will explain the error degrees caused by the sound contrasts. Later, there is an overview of the most important qualifications of a phonetic teacher, and finally I will provide suggestions for teaching the pronunciation difficulties caused by the differences between the two languages.

The Phonetics and Phonology of Geminate Consonants

Author : Haruo Kubozono
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191071102
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis The Phonetics and Phonology of Geminate Consonants by : Haruo Kubozono

Download or read book The Phonetics and Phonology of Geminate Consonants written by Haruo Kubozono and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-14 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first volume specifically devoted to the phonetics and phonology of geminate consonants, a feature of many of the world's languages including Arabic, Bengali, Finnish, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Malayalam, Persian, Saami, Swiss German, and Turkish. While the contrast between geminate and singleton consonants has been widely studied, the phonetic manifestation and phonological nature of geminate consonants, as well as their cross-linguistic similarities and differences, are not fully understood. The volume brings together original data and novel analyses of geminate consonants in a variety of languages across the world. Experts in the field present a wide range of approaches to the study of phonological contrasts in general by introducing various experimental and non-experimental methodologies; they also discuss phonological contrasts in a wider context and examine the behaviour of geminate consonants in loanword phonology and language acquisition. The volume takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on experimental phonetics, theoretical phonology, speech processing, neurolinguistics, and language acquisition.

Phonetic Spelling; a Proposed Universal Alphabet for the Rendering If English, French, German and All Other Forms of Speech

Author : Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Phonetic Spelling; a Proposed Universal Alphabet for the Rendering If English, French, German and All Other Forms of Speech by : Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston

Download or read book Phonetic Spelling; a Proposed Universal Alphabet for the Rendering If English, French, German and All Other Forms of Speech written by Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1913 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Phonology of Pennsylvania German English as Evidence of Language Maintenance and Shift

Author : Achim Kopp
Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781575910062
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (1 download)

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Book Synopsis The Phonology of Pennsylvania German English as Evidence of Language Maintenance and Shift by : Achim Kopp

Download or read book The Phonology of Pennsylvania German English as Evidence of Language Maintenance and Shift written by Achim Kopp and published by Susquehanna University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The phonological differences found in the informants' varieties of English are reflected in the differences in the areas of language use and language attitude. In the final chapter, findings gained from the study of the latter two areas are used to suggest an explanation of the "Pennsylvania German paradox." An attempt is made to integrate the phonological findings into a larger theory of language change and to make predictions about future linguistic developments."--BOOK JACKET.

Phonetics and Phonology of Tense and Lax Obstruents in German

Author : Michael Jessen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027215537
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Phonetics and Phonology of Tense and Lax Obstruents in German by : Michael Jessen

Download or read book Phonetics and Phonology of Tense and Lax Obstruents in German written by Michael Jessen and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowing that the so-called voiced and voiceless stops in languages like English and German do not always literally differ in voicing, several linguists among them Roman Jakobson have proposed that dichotomies such as fortis/lenis or tense/lax might be more suitable to capture the invariant phonetic core of this distinction. Later it became the dominant view that voice onset time or laryngeal features are more reasonable alternatives. However, based on a number of facts and arguments from current phonetics and phonology this book claims that the Jakobsonian feature tense was rejected prematurely. Among the theoretical aspects addressed, it is argued that an acoustic definition of distinctive features best captures the functional aspects of speech communication, while it is also discussed how the conclusions are relevant for formal accounts, such as feature geometry. The invariant of tense is proposed to be durational, and its 'basic correlate' is proposed to be aspiration duration. It is shown that tense and voice differ in their invariant properties and basic correlates, but that they share a number of other correlates, including F0 onset and closure duration. In their stop systems languages constitute a typology between the selection of voice and tense, but in their fricative systems languages universally tend towards a syncretism involving voicing and tenseness together. Though the proposals made here are intended to have general validity, the emphasis is on German. As part of this focus, an acoustic study and a transillumination study of the realization of /p,t,k,f,s/ vs. /b,d,g,v,z/ in German are presented.