Fonetyka a socjologia: wzdłużenie samogłosek angielskich w mowie dwóch pokoleń imigrantów polskich w Wielkiej Brytanii
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Vowel lengthening as a clue for voicing of the following consonant has
been chosen as one of the phonetic parameters used in the sample analysis of
the English production of two generations of Polish immigrants in Britain. The
hypothesis discussed in the paper concerns the influence of the speaker s
attitude towards the major speech community - English speech community in this
case - on the use of the chosen parameter. The choice of vowel lengthening
has been based on the expected difficulty in the employment of the clue by
the native speakers of Polish.
The results are complex: although they verify the main claim, they also
point to the need for further research in the area of the speech of immigrants
as the learners of the second language in natural environment.
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