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Abstract: The master’s thesis considers the influence of Styrian and Upper Carniola dialect on the pronunciation of English of Slovene students. Various factors influence the Slovene students’ pronunciation of English. The influence of mother tongue on the Slovene students’ pronunciation of English has been firmly established. However, it is only logical to think that dialect also has an important influence on the Slovene students’ pronunciation of English. The purpose of the research is to determine the influence of Styrian dialect and Upper Carniola dialect on the pronunciation of English of Slovene students. The master’s thesis strengthens the evidence for dialect influence, observes the extent of dialect influence in both dialect areas, determines in which area the dialect influence on the pronunciation of English is more visible and identifies the reasons for such influence. The research employs various research methods. Contrastive analysis is used to compare the sound systems of Upper Carniola and Styrian dialect with the sound system of British English. Based on the findings of the contrastive analysis words are chosen and organised in a test which is used for obtaining samples for analysis. Fieldwork is then carried out. Auditory analysis of samples includes listening to audio material and producing phonemic transcriptions, which concludes with statistical analysis of data. The results show that both Upper Carniola and Styrian dialect significantly influence the pronunciation of English of Slovene students. Dialect influence is slightly more prevalent in the Styrian dialect region, especially in the case of RP English /e/ and /ʊ/. Slovene students of English speak interlanguage and their interphonology rules mostly stem from English phonological rules.
Keywords: Upper Carniola dialect, Styrian dialect, contrastive analysis, error analysis, interlanguage
Published in DKUM: 23.10.2018; Views: 1431; Downloads: 159
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