Sökning: "Pronunciation variation"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden Pronunciation variation.
1. Modelling Phone-Level Pronunciation in Discourse Context
Sammanfattning : Analytic knowledge about the systematic variation in a language has an important place in the description of the language. Such knowledge is interesting e.g. in the language teaching domain, as a background for various types of linguistic studies, and in the development of more dynamic speech technology applications. LÄS MER
2. Skriftlig lärarrespons för vuxna nybörjare i svenska som andraspråk : teoretiska perspektiv, responspraktik och uppfattningar
Sammanfattning : This compilation thesis serves to fill a research gap in teacher written feedback on second language (L2) writing and pronunciation by focusing on adult beginners of culturally diverse backgrounds. Basically, this thesis seeks to answer three questions: 1. What do teachers focus on and in what manner is feedback given?, 2. LÄS MER
3. Computer support for learners of spoken English
Sammanfattning : This thesis concerns the use of speech technology to support the process of learning the English language. It applies theories of computer-assisted language learning and second language acquisition to address the needs of beginning, intermediate and advanced students of English for specific purposes. LÄS MER
4. Acquiring L2 Syllable Margins : Studies on the simplification of onsets and codas in interlanguage phonology
Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with developmental, universal, grammatical, and functional factors involved in the acquisition of L2 syllable structure. More specifically, using speech data from Spanish and Chinese learners of Swedish, the thesis examines the production and development of syllable onsets and codas—that is, syllable margins. LÄS MER
5. Phonetic Imitation, Accent, and the Learner
Sammanfattning : This work is concerned with the acquisition of the phonetic characteristics of languages and dialects, and with the issue of learner talent or individual achievement in learning second languages. Following a survey of the literature on language learning limits, it is argued that the concentration on group trends in most of the existing literature, whilst convenient, serves more to obscure the reasons for the difficulties experienced by most non-child language learners than to explain them. LÄS MER