LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 6 June 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

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A Feature-based Analysis of Interlanguage Phonology of the Pakistani Learners of English

Syed, Nasir A. R., M.A. (UK), M. Phil. (Pakistan)

The current study is based on substitution of phonemes of English with the corresponding L1 phonemes by adult Pakistani learners of English. The target population of this article is the beginners. So, the interlanguage phonology of Pakistani learners of English is studied in this paper with reference to feature geometry. For L2 Southern English was considered as standard. As there are many languages spoken in Pakistan, the substitution pattern of those learners of English is the focus of discussion who speak Saraiki as L1. However, most of the problems related to consonants are common among the speakers of most of the languages spoken in Pakistan. Thus the discussion in part 1 of the paper which is about the substitution of consonants of English is equally applicable to most of the Pakistani learners of English. However, the discussion about the substitution of vowels is mostly relevant to the Saraiki learners of English.

Introduction

Many researchers have already discussed the problems that the Pakistani learners of English face at early stage of learning English as a second or foreign language (see for example Rehman 1990, 1991; Mahboob & Ahmar 2004, Shamsuddin 1989 etc). However, neither of these has discussed and analyzed the interlanguage of Pakistani learners of English with reference to feature geometry of the L1 of the learners. The current study is an attempt to explain the difficulties that the adult Pakistani learners of English face at the early stages of learning. The strategies that the Pakistani learners use in solving their difficulties have been analyzed in terms of feature geometry.

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Syed, Nasir A. R., M.A. (UK), M. Phil. (Pakistan)
Assistant Professor of English Lasbela University of Agriculture (LUAWMS)
Uthal, PB No. 90150, Balochistan, Pakistan
narsye@essex.ac.uk
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