Browsing Humanities by Subject "Vowels"
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Regionality in white South African English : an acoustic dialectometric investigation
(2015)There is general consensus in the literature that White South African English (SAE hereafter) historically had a number of regional dialects; but the regional component to this variety was levelled in the mid-20th century. ... -
The relationship between deviance in segmentals and syllable structure and impressionistic judgements of ESL pronunciation
(1997)This mini-dissertation identifies segmental and syllable structure errors made by Zulu mother tongue secondary school students learning English. The purpose of this identification is to determine whether there is a ... -
A review of typical pronunciation problems experienced by Xhosa speakers learning English as a second language
(North-West University (South Africa), Vaal Triangle Campus, 2000)The purpose of this study is to attempt to identify the typical pronunciation problems experienced by specifically Xhosa-speakers of English as a second language, to determine the form of pronunciation to be taken as ... -
Tswana first language interference on English vowels
(Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 1999)It has been indicated that the vowel system of Respectable South African English contains 12 primary vowels (Lass, 1990), whereas the Tswana vowel system consists of seven primary vowels (Kruger & Snyman, 1986). This can ... -
The vowels of South African English
(North-West University, 2008)This thesis provides a comparative analysis of vowel quality in South African English (SAE) using the following data: firstly, the existing impressionistic literature on SAE and other relevant accents of English, the ...