EFFECTS OF ORTHO-PHONEMIC CONTRASTS ON THE SPEECHES OF GWANDARA ESL SPEAKERS

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorMuhammad, Mustapha, Joyce Nanyisopwa Ishaku,
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-12T08:56:37Z
dc.date.available2023-12-12T08:56:37Z
dc.date.issued2020-03-05
dc.description.abstractThe interference of L1 on L2 is a major area of research in the linguistic domain, particularly in phonetics and phonology in recent times. Gwandara language has yet to be explored in this regard. Gwandara speakers of English, like other speakers of English as a second language, are found with different levels of pronunciation difficulties. This is akin partly to the differences between the phonemic features of their mother tongue and that of the English, which show non-correspondence between the orthographic symbols (letters) and phonemic symbols (sounds), a situation that goes in contrast with most, if not all of our African languages. It is this compelling truth that prompted a research into the area so as to identify the similarities and dissimilarities between the two phonemic systems and to identify areas of English phonemic difficulties to the Gwandara speakers of English as a second language. Data were collected primarily from field work (through interviews). A random selection of respondents from the Gwandara population living in Shabu town, Kwandare town and Tudun Gwandara, all in Lafia LGA of Nasarawa State gave us the needed data for the analysis. Using the weak version of the contrastive analysis hypothesis (CAH) popularised by Wardhaugh, the study analysed the recorded field data (as transcribed), and found among others that the typical Gwandara natives erroneously articulate some English sounds into the environment they should not be found, for example, backing as ‘backingt’; bracket as ‘branket’; among as ‘amongt’; calculate as ‘canculate’; within as ‘withint’; the as ‘de’; this as ‘dis’ etc. Given the findings of the research, it is concluded that no two languages exhibit the same linguistic properties. As such, Gwandara speakers of English encounter difficulties articulating some English phonemes due to differences in the phonemic systems of the two languages. It is therefore recommended that the Gwandara natives should endeavour to be aware of their inherent English pronunciation problems as explored in this work, so as to improve on them, and to become fully aware that unlike their mother tongue, spellings and pronunciations do not match in English. Learning the rules of spelling does not necessarily mean learning the pronunciation of words in English; one needs to learn the rules of spelling separate from the rules of pronunciation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAdamu, Mahdi. The Hausa Factor in West African History. Zaria/Ibadan: Ahmadu Bello University Press and Oxford University Press Nigeria, 1978. Print. Ayih, Sylvester O. Nasarawa State: Past and Present History. Abuja: Umbrella Books, 2003. Bako, Muhammad Sani (II). “Gwandara Language Origin” (Oral Rendition). Karshi Palace: 18 Jan. 2013. Banjo, Ayo. “On Codifying Nigerian English: Research so far”. New Englishes: A West African Perspective. Eds. Bamgbose, Ayo, Banjo, Ayo and Thomas, Andrew. Ibadan: The British Council, 1995. Barber, L. Charles. The Story of Language. London: Pan Books Ltd, 1975. Print. Bloch, B. and Trager, G. L. Outline of Linguistic Analysis. Baltimore: Linguistic Society of America/Waverly Press, 1942. Bloomfield, Leonard. Language. India (Reprint): Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1995. Print. Brown, H. Douglas. Principles of Language Learning and Teaching, 2nd ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1987. Cruttenden, Allan (ed.) Gimson’s Pronunciation of English, 8th ed. Revised and Edited Version of A. C. Gimson’s Original Book. London: Edward Arnold, 20014. Crystal, David. “The Story of English Spelling.” The Guardian (U.K Online Edition). 23 Aug. 2012 <www.guardian.co.uk/books/...david-crystal-story-english-spelling>. Ellis, Rod. The Study of Second Language Acquisition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Hall, R. A. An Essay on Language. Philadelphia and New York: Chilton Books, 1968. Hogben, J. S. and Kirk-Greene, H. M. A. The Emirates of Northern Nigeria: A Preliminary Survey of their Historical Traditions. London: Oxford University Press, 1966. International Phonetic Association (IPA). Handbook of the International Phonetic Association. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. James, Carl. Contrastive Analysis. London: Longman, 1980. Jowitt, David. Nigerian English Usage: An Introduction. Lagos: Longman Nigeria Plc, 1991. Klein, Wolfgang. Second Language Acquisition. Cambridge: CUP, 1986. Lado, Robert. Linguistics across Cultures: Applied Linguistics for Language Teachers. University of Michigan Press, 1957. Lyons, John. Language and Linguistics: An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. Mackey, William Francis. Language Teaching Analysis. London: Longman, 1965. Mustapha, Muhammad. The Gwandara Language: A Linguistic Development of the Gwandara in Comparison with English. Keffi: AMD designs & communication, 2013. ________________. Understanding English Grammar: An Introductory Course, Keffi: NIRPRI Publishers, 2016. Oller, W. John and Ziahosseiny, M. Seid. “The Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis and Spelling Errors.” Language Learning 20; 2 (1970): 183-189. Pit Corder, Stephen. Error Analysis and Interlanguage. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1981. Roach, Peter. English Phonetics and Phonology: A Self contained, Comprehensive Pronunciation Course, 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Rob, Pope. The English Studies Book: An Introduction to Language, Literature and Culture. London: Routledge, 2002.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/3178
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of English language Nasarawa State University Keffien_US
dc.subjectGwandara, English, Orthography, Phoneme, Mispronunciationen_US
dc.titleEFFECTS OF ORTHO-PHONEMIC CONTRASTS ON THE SPEECHES OF GWANDARA ESL SPEAKERSen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
MUHAMMAD MUSTAPHA (2020) - Effects of Ortho-phonemic Contrasts on the Speeches of Gwandara ESL Speakers (Published_Imo_JOLLS).pdf
Size:
584.66 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Article
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download

Collections

Articles