Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1977

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Resnick, Melvyn C.

Abstract

This study is intended as an aid to the teaching of English as a foreign (or second) language to speakers of Yoruba. Four areas are discussed in relation to this aim: 1. the need for Nigeri an teachers who have studied the sound system of English 2. the theoretical basis and applications of contrastive analysis and error analysis (It is suggested that the two can operate together to reveal a learner's problems at the performance and competence levels respectively.) 3. the actual contrastive analysis (using Ladefoged's prime features as criteria for compariLon and prediction) 4. the error analysis, where errors are classified and discussed in regard to their explanation. It is shown that the articulatory parameters which cause allophonic variation in the native language (e.g. rate of breath release, vocal tract tension and coarticulation) are carried over into the pronunciation of the language being learned, and are major factors in producing a nonstandard accent.

Extent

92 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1977.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT13860

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