عنوان

Towards Accounting for L2 Accent: The Case of Turkish Vowel Space

Number

TL51783

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Towards Accounting for L2 Accent: The Case of Turkish Vowel Space

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Ayter, Can

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Özçelik, Öner

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Indiana University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2019

Text of Note

68 p.

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.A.

Body granting the degree

Indiana University

Text preceding or following the note

2019

Text of Note

This study intends to examine the differences between the vowel systems of English and Turkish and find out what effects the English vowel inventory has on the acquisition of Turkish vowels for L1 English speakers acquiring L2 Turkish. Theoretically, L2 learners of a language potentially experience certain challenges in the process of producing vowels in their target language, depending on the phonetic systems the said languages govern versus that of their native language (e.g. non-binary vowel systems). There have thus far been several studies conducted on statistically more commonly spoken and taught languages, such as many European languages like German and French, as well as on Asian languages like Arabic and Mandarin; however, the intent of this study is to investigate Turkish, a language spoken in Eurasia. Although Turkish phonology has been studied thoroughly, studies on the acquisition of Turkish phonetics are unfortunately scarce, which was one of the motivations for investigating and comparing the vowel space of Turkish.

Subject Term

Linguistics

Ayter, Can

Özçelik, Öner

Indiana University

Electronic name

p

[Thesis]

276903

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Y