Incorrect Stress Placement in the Case of Arab Learners of English.

Anani, Mohammad

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ERIC Number: EJ392269

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1989

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Incorrect Stress Placement in the Case of Arab Learners of English.

Anani, Mohammad

IRAL, v27 n1 p15-22 Feb 1989

An analysis of the English word stress placement of six native Arabic speakers and six native English speakers studying Arabic revealed that, while most of the native English subjects produced the expected word stress, the Arab subjects placed stress on English words in conformity with Arabic stress patterns. (CB)

Descriptors: Arabic, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Interference (Language), Interlanguage, Intonation, Language Patterns, Language Research, Oral Language, Pronunciation, Second Language Learning, Stress (Phonology), Uncommonly Taught Languages

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Language: English

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