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A Template Model Account of Lexical Stress in Arabic-Accented English

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Abstract

This study applies Fry’s (1958) seminal methodology to investigate how Arabic speakers of English encode and rank F0, intensity, and duration in their pronunciation of disyllabic words. At issue is whether or not Arabic speakers transfer the acoustic correlates of word stress from their L1 into their L2. Al-Ani (1992) found that Arabic speakers encode lexical stress in their L1 by relying overwhelmingly on intensity. Bouchhioua (2008) noted that Tunisian Arabic speakers relied on duration to encode word stress in their L2 English. We explore the issue further by analyzing the pronunciation of 10 Arabic speakers of English who read the Speech Accent Archive text containing seven disyllabic words.

How to Cite:

Koffi, E., (2018) “A Template Model Account of Lexical Stress in Arabic-Accented English”, Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Proceedings 10(1).