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Intelligibility of Word-Final Voiced and Voiceless Consonants Produced by Lebanese Arabic Speakers with Respect to Vowel Length

Ghanem, Romy
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1275576955

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2010, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Linguistics (Arts and Sciences).
Vowel duration has been proven to be the most perceptible cue to the voicing of an English word-final consonant. Very little research has been conducted on Lebanese speakers’ productions of such consonants and the influence of other languages such as Arabic and French. This study seeks to compare English word-final consonants produced intermediate and advanced Lebanese speakers of English. Thirty participants read a text which had minimal pairs embedded in it. Six judges, three linguistically trained and three non-linguistically trained, rated these productions. Analyses showed that there was no significant difference between the intermediate and the advanced students. Results also showed that there was no significant difference between the scores given by the linguistically trained judges and those given by the non-linguistically trained panel. Further analysis of the data showed that there was no correlation between the placement of the students based on an entrance test and the ratings given by the judges.
James M. Coady, PhD (Committee Chair)
Michelle O'Malley, PhD (Committee Member)
Greg Kessler, PhD (Committee Member)
121 p.
Linguistics
vowel duration; word-final consonants; Lebanese; accentedness

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  • Ghanem, R. (2010). Intelligibility of Word-Final Voiced and Voiceless Consonants Produced by Lebanese Arabic Speakers with Respect to Vowel Length [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1275576955

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ghanem, Romy. Intelligibility of Word-Final Voiced and Voiceless Consonants Produced by Lebanese Arabic Speakers with Respect to Vowel Length. 2010. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1275576955.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ghanem, Romy. "Intelligibility of Word-Final Voiced and Voiceless Consonants Produced by Lebanese Arabic Speakers with Respect to Vowel Length." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1275576955

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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