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ERIC Number: EJ631037
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1226-8909
A Study on the English Vowel Lengths between Sentence-Initial and Sentence-Final Position.
Park, Heesuk
Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, v4 n2 p354-63 2000
Investigated English vowel lengths between Americans and Koreans when they speak English sentences. Koreans showed a foreign accent in their English pronunciation of vowels in relation to their utterance positions. Americans showed a final lengthening effect, but Koreans showed a final shortening effect. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Pronunciation, Second Language Learning, Vowels
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Koreans