Revue Des Sciences Humaines
Volume 27, Numéro 3, Pages 27-39
2016-12-31
The Interlanguage Rhythm Of Algerian Efl Undergraduates
Authors : Alouache Amel .
Abstract
This paper is an attempt to classify the rhythm of the interlanguage produced by third year Algerian EFL students at Constantine 1 University. The nature of speech rhythm classes has been hotly debated as to whether it should be conceived as a discrete stress-timed vs. syllable-timed dichotomy or as a continuum. The rhythm metrics measured in this study i.e. %V and ∆C, yield that the informants’ speech rhythm is rather ‘intermediate’, merging a stress-timed ∆C and a syllable-timed %V.Accordingly, the results obtained support those who believe that crosslinguistic interference in the area of phonology touches not only segments but also speech rhythm.
Keywords
Interlanguage rhythm, dichotomy vs. continuum, rhythm metrics: %V and ∆C.
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