Abstract
Based on observations of the rhythmic structure of L2-speech produced by L1-speakers of Albanian – which suggest the occurrence of transfer – a study is presented here that compares durational aspects between the two languages. In order to do this, speech read by Swedish and Albanian L1-speakers was recorded and investigated, and normalized durational factors were analysed. The results, however, do not support the assumption that there is variation in the rhythmic structure between the two languages. According to the results, transfer cannot explain previous observations.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech 2015 |
| Editors | Elena Babatsouli, David Ingram |
| Publisher | Institute of monolingual and bilingual speech, Chania, Greece |
| Pages | 396-402 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-618-82351-0-6 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| Event | International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech 2015 (ISMBS 2015) - Chania, Kreta, Greece Duration: 2015 Sept 7 → 2015 Sept 10 http://www.ismbs.eu/ismbs-2015/ |
Conference
| Conference | International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech 2015 (ISMBS 2015) |
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| Abbreviated title | ISMBS 2015 |
| Country/Territory | Greece |
| City | Chania, Kreta |
| Period | 2015/09/07 → 2015/09/10 |
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Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Comparative Language Studies and Linguistics
Free keywords
- language rhythm
- prominence
- transfer
- Albanian
- Swedish