第二語言英文語者輔音叢構音研究

Temporal Organization of Consonant Clusters among Taiwanese Mandarin ESL Learners

陳盈如(Ying-Ju Chen)

指導教授 ： 謝豐帆

國立清華大學/人文社會學院/語言學研究所/碩士(2019年)

摘要

本論文以電磁構音儀 (Electromagnetic Articulography, EMA)為研究工具來探究英語的字首輔音叢的構音行為在英語母語者與第二語言為英語的台灣華語語者 （English as Second Language, ESL）是否有所差別。實驗語料包括位於英語單音節詞字首位置的「塞音-流音」輔音叢 (pl-, pr-, bl-, br-, kl-, kr-, gl-, gr-) 的構音協調時序模式。本研究蒐集了一位英語母語者及四位二語語者的英語塞音-流音輔音叢相關語料以俾比較研究。研究結果顯示，二語語者的英語輔音叢並不會系統性地呈現英語母語語者的C-center效應，而是有相當程度的具有個人特性的構音協調行為。值得指出的是，與一般預期不同的是，本研究的二語語者有沒有C-center效應與其英語習得程度並無明顯的關聯。
本論文研究有助教師對於英語中字首輔音叢在構音層面上的瞭解，應也對相關教學有一定的啟示作用。

關鍵字

第二語言 ； 輔音叢 ； 構音 ； 電磁構音儀

並列摘要

In this thesis, we concluded an articulatory study of the temporal organization of onset clusters in English as the Second Language (ESL), using Electromagnetic Articulography (EMA). Specifically, this study compares gestural coordination patterns of Stop-Liquid clusters (e.g., pl-, pr-, bl-, br-, kl-, kr-, gl-, gr-) produced by ESL Mandarin speakers. The results, based on one native English speaker and four ESL Mandarin speakers, surprisingly show that the Stop-Liquid clusters are not produced as if they are often, if not always, repaired by epenthesis in loanword adaptation, especially for ESL speakers. The results of ESL speakers are distinct from the well-established C-center effect. Instead, ESL speakers have their idiosyncratic patterns in producing English onset clusters. Consistent and inconsistent patterns across all dataset in ESL speakers explain whether ESL speakers employ a consistent mechanism in their production of Stop-Liquid clusters. It will be helpful for teachers of English as a second language to better understand how to assist Mandarin Chinese speakers more efficiently in their production of English onset clusters.

並列關鍵字

ESL ； consonant clusters ； articulatory phonology ； EMA

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