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An Empirical Study of English Voiceless Fricatives
湖 南 大 学
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摘 要
Abstract
List of Tables
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Chapter 1Introduction
In the field of second language research, much att
1.1Purpose of the Study
1.2Research Background
1.3Significance of the Study
1.4Research Questions and Hypotheses
1.5Structure of the Thesis
Chapter 2Literature Review
2.1Previous Research Concerned
2.1.1English and Chinese Fricatives
According to the classification of some Chinese re
The following table is made to see more clearly th
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Parameter Definition
2.1.3Previous Studies on the Acquisition of English Fri
2.1.4Previous Studies on the Relationship between L2 Pe
2.2Theoretical Framework
In this part, two prevalent theories in the field
2.2.1Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis
2.2.2Speech Learning Model
2.2.3Ontogeny Model
2.3Summary
Chapter 3Methodology
3.1Perception Experiment
3.1.1Participants
(Note: F=female, M=male, N=number, Sd=standard dev
3.1.2Materials
Following Lambacher et al. (2001), the stimuli of
Vowel context /i/
Vowel context /a/
Vowel context /u/
/f/
ifi
afa
ufu
ithi
atha
uthu
/s/
isi
asa
usu
ishi
asha
ushu
3.1.3Procedure
Perception experiment for both proficiency groups
3.2Production Experiment
This experiment was carried out to examine the pro
3.2.1Participants
(Note: F=female, M=male, N=number, Sd=standard dev
3.2.2Materials
The materials used in the production experiment ar
3.2.3Procedure
3.2.4Acoustic Analysis
3.2.5Measurement Reliability
Measurement reliability was done by randomly choos
Chapter 4Results
This chapter deals with the results of the two stu
4.1Perception Accuracy of English Voiceless Fricative
4.1.1Lower Proficiency Group’s Perception Accuracy of E
4.1.2Higher Proficiency Group’s Perception Accuracy of
4.2Production Accuracy of English Voiceless Fricative
In this section, the results of production of the
4.2.1Lower Proficiency Group’s Production Accuracy of E
The overall productive accuracy of the four voicel
4.2.2Higher Proficiency Group’s Production Accuracy of
The overall productive acquisition accuracy of the
4.2.3Acoustic Analysis of English Voiceless Fricatives
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4.2.4Correlation between Fricative Perception and Produ
This section deals with the accuracy of perception
4.2.5The Effect of Language Proficiency
The above table shows that higher proficiency leve
4.3Summary
Chapter 5 Discussion
5.1Perception of English Voiceless Fricatives by Chin
5.2Production of English Voiceless Fricatives by Chin
5.3Correlation between Fricative Perception and Produ
5.4The Effect of Language Proficiency Level
5.5Summary
Chapter 6 Conclusion
6.1Major Findings of the Study
6.2Limitations of the Current Study
6.3Directions for Further Research
References
Appendix A作者在攻读硕士期间发表论文
Appendix B Research Consent Form （COPY）
An Empirical Study of English Voiceless Fricat
Appendix C Language Background Questionnaire
Appendix D详细中文摘要
Acknowledgments
