KMID : 1022420160080020001
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Phonetics and Speech Sciences 2016 Volume.8 No. 2 p.1 ~ p.9
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A study on the features of English as a lingua franca in Asian contexts: Rhythmic features
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Chung Hyun-Song
Lee Sang-Ki Kim Yoon-Kyu
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Abstract
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This paper investigated the rhythmic features of speakers of English as a lingua franca in Asian contexts. A speech corpus of 150 conversations between speakers of English in Asia with different L1 backgrounds was collected and %V, ¥ÄV, VarcoV, and nPVI-V of each speaker were analyzed. It was found that L1 difference of the speakers and the speakers¡¯ daily use of English influenced %V, while the speakers¡¯ daily use of English influenced ¥ÄV. The gender difference of the speakers also affected the rhythm of the utterances in VarcoV. A weak correlation between the two speakers¡¯ rhythm in each conversation was also found in %V and ¥ÄV. No significant effects were found in nPVI-V. The results revealed that the speakers tended to accommodate the rhythm of their utterance to that of the interlocutors¡¯. Further study on the speaking rate of the speakers is required to overcome some inconsistencies found in the results of the rhythmic metrics used in this study.
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KEYWORD
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rhythm, ELF, English as a lingua franca, %V, ¥ÄV, VarcoV, nPVI-V
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