The Impact of Bantu Languages on English Pronunciation  

作　　者：Paulo Hadi E.Manuel 

机构地区：[1]University of Arkansas,Fayetteville,United States

出　　处：《US-China Education Review(B)》2017年第7期345-351,共7页美中教育评论（B）

摘　　要：Bantu languages are dialects spoken in the central and southern Africa.These languages have some prosodic features different from English,not widely discussed in the literature.When speakers of these languages come to learn English,they confront pronunciation difficulties which might hinder their intelligibility.Sounds,such as the bilabial fricative/β/and the alveolar affricate/ts/are some Bantu language segments that may interfere with English speech intelligibility.The epenthetic phenomenon(vowel insertion)in several Bantu languages is also an issue English as a second language(ESL)instructors need to be cognizant.In addition,English segments,such as the interdental fricatives/θ/and/ð/and vowel sound distinctions constitute a puzzle to Bantu language speakers.This paper examines the literature on Bantu language phonology in order to identify prominent discrepancy sounds from English,and proposes some pronunciation activities to be used with learners from Bantu language backgrounds.

关 键 词：Bantu languages PRONUNCIATION METATHESIS EPENTHESIS 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]