LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 16:1 January 2016
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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English Affricates as Pronounced by Telugu-English Speakers

Professor E. Suresh Kumar and Dr. Sunita Vijay Kumar

Abstract

This is an articulatory and acoustic study of English affricates / t? /, / d? / as spoken by Telugu speakers of English in terms of acoustic features such as time duration and amplitude, as well as, its articulatory features. Speech produced by eight informants of Telugu speaking background formed the basis of the study. It was noticed that the articulatory as well as the acoustic features the Telugu speaking informants produced were very distinctly different from the English affricates.

Keywords: English Affricates, pronunciation, Telugu speakers

Introduction

In this paper we are going to analyse the articulatory and acoustic features of English Affricates. Speech sounds may be broadly divided into two categories, namely, vowels and consonants. During the production of consonant sounds, there is friction or restriction of air passing out of the oral cavity. Affricates are consonants. They may be described as Palato-alveolars There are two affricates in English. A speaker of English should be able to articulate each of these sounds correctly.

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Professor E. Suresh Kumar, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., PGDELT
Department of English
Osmania University
Hyderabad
Telangana
India
suresh.erpula@yahoo.com

Dr. Sunita Vijay Kumar M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., PGDTE
Assistant Professor
MVSR Engineering College
Nadergul
Hyderabad
Telangana
India
svkbhan@gmail.com

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