1) Which of the following would we see in African American English? Choose as ma
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1) Which of the following would we see in African American English? Choose as many as apply.
a) interdentals replaced by labiodentals
b) Deletion of l
c) Deletion of weak initial syllables
d)Word final consonant deletion
e)Deletion of r
2)
If you had a Spanish speaking ESL client (someone who used Spanish Influenced English), you could predict that he would have the following problems with SAE. Choose all that apply.
e) stopping of fricatives
3)
Which Asian speakers struggle with nearly all (95% and up) the English fricatives and affricates. They substitute another sound for the English sound. Choose as many as apply.
a)Confusing tense and lax vowelsExplanation / Answer
1) In African American English we the following:
a) interdentals replaced by labiodentals. (Example: bath replace by [baef].
b) Deletion of l. ( Example: The word 'steel' is pronounced as 'steauh')
c) Deletion of weak initial syllable. (Example: About -->[bout])
d) Word final consonant deletion. (Example: hand -->[han])
e)Deletion of r. (Example. Car-->[ka])
2) The following are the problems with Spanish Influenced English.
a)Confusing tense and lax vowels.(As bit and beat are pronounced in similar manner).
b) Deaffrication and affrication.
c) reduction of consonant clusters at the ends of words
d) consonant devoicing at the ends of words.
e) stopping of fricatives.
3) The Asian speakers who struggle the English fricatives and affricates are:
A) Cantonese.
C) Korean
D) Japanese.
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