Tone Choice in the English Intonation of Non-Native Speakers.

Hewings, Martin

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ERIC Number: EJ514861

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Publication Date: 1995

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Tone Choice in the English Intonation of Non-Native Speakers.

Hewings, Martin

IRAL, v33 n3 p251-65 Aug 1995

This study compared tone choice in parallel readings of scripted dialog by 12 speakers of British English and 12 learners of English from Korea, Greece, and Indonesia. It found that the nonnative speakers failed to use rising tones for socially integrative purposes in the way observed in the data from native speakers. Contains 27 references. (MDM)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English, English (Second Language), English Teachers, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Intonation, Language Usage, Native Speakers, Pronunciation

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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