Pronunciation of the English Consonants by Hong Kong Cantonese Speakers

Wai-Sum Lee

Pronunciation of the English Consonants by Hong Kong Cantonese Speakers

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This paper investigates the pronunciation of the English consonants by Hong Kong Cantonese (HKC) speakers. English monosyllabic and disyllabic words that contain different types of initial and final consonants were elicited from ten HKC speakers. The cases of mispronunciation more frequently made by the speakers in this study include (i) devoicing the voiced obstruents /b d ɡ ʤ v ð z ʒ/, (ii) pronouncing the final plosives /p t k b d ɡ/ with no audible release, (iii) substituting the English /θ ð/, /ʃ ʒ/ and /ʧ ʤ/ with the respective Cantonese [f t], [s] and [ʦ ʦʰ].

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SICSS 2019, Seoul International Conference on Speech Sciences 2019
Place of Publication	Seoul
Publisher	Seoul National University
Pages	35-36
Publication status	Published - Nov 2019
Event	Seoul International Conference on Speech Sciences 2019, SICSS 2019 - Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 15 Nov 2019 → 16 Nov 2019 https://sicss2019.wordpress.com/

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Name	SICSS, Seoul International Conference on Speech Sciences
ISSN (Print)	2005-9299

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Conference	Seoul International Conference on Speech Sciences 2019, SICSS 2019
Abbreviated title	SICSS 2019
Place	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	15/11/19 → 16/11/19
Internet address	https://sicss2019.wordpress.com/

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SICSS 2019, Seoul International Conference on Speech Sciences 2019. Seoul: Seoul National University, 2019. p. 35-36 (SICSS, Seoul International Conference on Speech Sciences ).

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Pronunciation of the English Consonants by Hong Kong Cantonese Speakers

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