Comparative analysis of American English and Mexican Spanish consonants for Computer Assisted Pronunciation Training

Abstract The objective of this work is two-fold. Firstly, we aim at detecting similarities and differences between the consonant systems of two languages, namely, American English and Mexican Spanish. To achieve this, we perform a theoretic comparative analysis of consonants of the two languages at...

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Autor principal:	Kolesnikova,Olga
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Instituto de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje 2017
Materias:	Comparative phonetics American English consonants Mexican Spanish consonants English pronunciation teaching error patterns
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-093420170002001952017-07-27Comparative analysis of American English and Mexican Spanish consonants for Computer Assisted Pronunciation TrainingKolesnikova,Olga Comparative phonetics American English consonants Mexican Spanish consonants English pronunciation teaching error patterns Abstract The objective of this work is two-fold. Firstly, we aim at detecting similarities and differences between the consonant systems of two languages, namely, American English and Mexican Spanish. To achieve this, we perform a theoretic comparative analysis of consonants of the two languages at the level of both phonemes and allophones. Secondly, a possible practical usage of our results is considered; therefore, as an example of an application, we consider computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) for teaching American English pronunciation to Mexican Spanish speakers. In particular, we took advantage of the results of our analysis to define some hypothetic error patterns which can be used as a starting point for diagnosing possible mispronunciations, their posterior verification, and adjustment taking into account the principles of phonotactics and empirical phonetic analysis of the English learners’ speech. The latter will result in error rules to be applied in a CAPT system for error identification and generation of appropriate corrective feedback. An adequate choice of correcting techniques will improve English pronunciation acquisition and help learners to develop less accented speech. Also, similarities found between the two consonant systems make it possible to organize and present the pronunciation teaching material using a stress-free method of helping learners to adjust their speech organs to new sounds building on the phonetic habits of their first language.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Instituto de Literatura y Ciencias del LenguajeRevista signos v.50 n.94 20172017-08-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-09342017000200195en10.4067/S0718-09342017000200195
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topic	Comparative phonetics American English consonants Mexican Spanish consonants English pronunciation teaching error patterns
spellingShingle	Comparative phonetics American English consonants Mexican Spanish consonants English pronunciation teaching error patterns Kolesnikova,Olga Comparative analysis of American English and Mexican Spanish consonants for Computer Assisted Pronunciation Training
description	Abstract The objective of this work is two-fold. Firstly, we aim at detecting similarities and differences between the consonant systems of two languages, namely, American English and Mexican Spanish. To achieve this, we perform a theoretic comparative analysis of consonants of the two languages at the level of both phonemes and allophones. Secondly, a possible practical usage of our results is considered; therefore, as an example of an application, we consider computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT) for teaching American English pronunciation to Mexican Spanish speakers. In particular, we took advantage of the results of our analysis to define some hypothetic error patterns which can be used as a starting point for diagnosing possible mispronunciations, their posterior verification, and adjustment taking into account the principles of phonotactics and empirical phonetic analysis of the English learners’ speech. The latter will result in error rules to be applied in a CAPT system for error identification and generation of appropriate corrective feedback. An adequate choice of correcting techniques will improve English pronunciation acquisition and help learners to develop less accented speech. Also, similarities found between the two consonant systems make it possible to organize and present the pronunciation teaching material using a stress-free method of helping learners to adjust their speech organs to new sounds building on the phonetic habits of their first language.
author	Kolesnikova,Olga
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title	Comparative analysis of American English and Mexican Spanish consonants for Computer Assisted Pronunciation Training
title_short	Comparative analysis of American English and Mexican Spanish consonants for Computer Assisted Pronunciation Training
title_full	Comparative analysis of American English and Mexican Spanish consonants for Computer Assisted Pronunciation Training
title_fullStr	Comparative analysis of American English and Mexican Spanish consonants for Computer Assisted Pronunciation Training
title_full_unstemmed	Comparative analysis of American English and Mexican Spanish consonants for Computer Assisted Pronunciation Training
title_sort	comparative analysis of american english and mexican spanish consonants for computer assisted pronunciation training
publisher	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Instituto de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje
publishDate	2017
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Comparative analysis of American English and Mexican Spanish consonants for Computer Assisted Pronunciation Training

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