非英语专业大学生元音发音存在四种规律性的错误——基于某高校非英语专业学生英语元音产出质量的调查研究

Four Regular Errors in Non-English Majors' Pronunciation of English Vowel Sounds——Based on an Investigation of the English Vowel Production Quality of Non-English Majors

元音是英语语音的核心和主干,在口语交际中起着不可或缺的作用。通过调查160名非英语专业大学生英语基础单词中元音的发音状况,经人工听辨和Praat软件分析,发现:其一,元音错误占发音总错误的72.8%;其二,大学生在元音发音方面存在四种规律性错误:长短元音发音混淆,元音后加音,望形生音,以及非中央元音//和边音/l/发音混淆。研究结果显示,非英语专业大学生英语基础单词掌握不牢固,元音发音存在很多问题。基础单词掌握不牢固会严重影响学生的综合语言能力和长期语言发展,这一现象发人深省。

Vowels are the core of English phonetics and play an indispensible role in oral communication. In this study, 160 non-English majors＇ pronunciation of vowel sounds in basic English words were diagnosed with manual scoring and Praat software. The findings are that ： 1 ） 72.8% of vowel sounds were pronounced incorrectly; 2） four regular errors occur in their vowel sounds ： confusion between long and short vowels, phoneme addition to vowels, grapheme interference, and confusion of schwa/~/and lateral/1/. The results indicate that the non-English majors investigated had a poor command of basic English vocabulary, with many pronunciation errors in vowel sounds. Such phenomenon is worthy thinking because poor command of basic words has a serious impact on the development of comprehensive language competence in the long run.