Degree of Aspiration of Plosive Consonants
Table of Contents
Introduction………………….………………………………………………..2 1. The Literature Review……….……………………………….……….…….…...4 2.1. Phonetics and Phonology ………………………………………………......4 2.2. Phoneme and Allophone…..…………………………………………….….5 2.3. Voiceless Plosive Consonants …………………………………....………..7 2.4. Aspiration and Degrees of Aspiration ……………………………….…….9 2.5. Spoken Discourse…………….…………………………………………….12 2. Research Results and Discussions……………………………………………....15 3.6. Research Method…………………………………………………………..15 3.7. Analysis Material…………………………………………………………..16 3.8. Process……………………………………………………………………..17 3.9. Results……………………………...……………………………………...19 3.10. Discussion of the Results……………………………….………………....21
Conclusions………………………………………………………………….26
Theses………………………………………………………………………..27
References…………………………………………………………………...29
Appendix 1 Manually tagged text of the formal speech………...…………..30
Appendix 2 Manually tagged text of the informal speech.………………….31
Appendix 3 Additionally tagged text of the formal speech……………...….32
Appendix 4 Additionally tagged text of the informal speech…………….....34
INTRODUCTION
The term paper is devoted to the examination of degrees of aspiration of voiceless plosives in spoken discourse. The main attention will be paid to the occurrence of aspiration degrees of voiceless plosives in both formal and informal spoken discourse of the native English speakers.
There are languages, including the Latvian language, in which there is not such phenomena as aspiration; therefore, the aspiration is a crucial aspect for non-native English speakers in order to sound more like a native English speaker and to avoid situations in which non-native speaker could be misunderstood because of the lack of aspiration. This research will help to reveal that the aspiration has an important role in the English language as it is used by native speakers in different spoken discourses.
The
Introduction………………….………………………………………………..2 1. The Literature Review……….……………………………….……….…….…...4 2.1. Phonetics and Phonology ………………………………………………......4 2.2. Phoneme and Allophone…..…………………………………………….….5 2.3. Voiceless Plosive Consonants …………………………………....………..7 2.4. Aspiration and Degrees of Aspiration ……………………………….…….9 2.5. Spoken Discourse…………….…………………………………………….12 2. Research Results and Discussions……………………………………………....15 3.6. Research Method…………………………………………………………..15 3.7. Analysis Material…………………………………………………………..16 3.8. Process……………………………………………………………………..17 3.9. Results……………………………...……………………………………...19 3.10. Discussion of the Results……………………………….………………....21
Conclusions………………………………………………………………….26
Theses………………………………………………………………………..27
References…………………………………………………………………...29
Appendix 1 Manually tagged text of the formal speech………...…………..30
Appendix 2 Manually tagged text of the informal speech.………………….31
Appendix 3 Additionally tagged text of the formal speech……………...….32
Appendix 4 Additionally tagged text of the informal speech…………….....34
INTRODUCTION
The term paper is devoted to the examination of degrees of aspiration of voiceless plosives in spoken discourse. The main attention will be paid to the occurrence of aspiration degrees of voiceless plosives in both formal and informal spoken discourse of the native English speakers.
There are languages, including the Latvian language, in which there is not such phenomena as aspiration; therefore, the aspiration is a crucial aspect for non-native English speakers in order to sound more like a native English speaker and to avoid situations in which non-native speaker could be misunderstood because of the lack of aspiration. This research will help to reveal that the aspiration has an important role in the English language as it is used by native speakers in different spoken discourses.
The
References: Zero Aspiration Even if Gussman (2002:4-5) suggests that the weak aspiration can occur if a voiceless plosive takes word-final position, Ladefoged (2005:53) claims that there is no aspiration if a word ends with p, t or k