eprintid: 1546136
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Georgountzou, A
title: A comparison of the intonation of modern Greek and English with special reference to Greek learners of English
ispublished: unpub
divisions: C31
keywords: Phoenetics, linguistics, education
note: Thesis digitised by EThOS.
abstract: The present study is an investigation of the production and
perception of English intonation by a group of forty-four native
speakers of Greek, together with a study of the production and
perception of Greek intonation by the same forty-four subjects, and
of the production and perception of English intonation by a control
group of twelve native speakers of English. For both languages,
data was gathered from the reading of a text and of sentences, and
from spontaneous speech in conversation. Both auditory and (to a
lesser extent) instrumental analysis is employed.
Three main aims are included in the present study. (i) With regard
to the Greek data, an attempt is made to describe the intonation of
Modern Greek using a system closely modelled upon that devised for
English by O'Connor and Arnold and presented in the Intonation of
Colloquial English, (1973). This attempt, believed to be the first of
its kind, leads to a satisfactory characterisation of Greek intonation,
particularly for the comparative and pedagogical purposes of this
thesis. (ii) With regard to English as produced and perceived by
native speakers of Modern Greek, an attempt has been made to trace
any possible signs of intonational interference from Modern Greek to
English, as predicted by Contrastive Analysis. Extensive evidence
of interference is found in both production and perception, lending
strong support to the transfer theory. (iii) As far as native
speakers of English are concerned, the aim was to gather control
data in order to find out whether and to what extent actual
performance is in accordance with what might be expected on the
basis of O'Connor and Arnold's influential pedagogical account.
Although the findings are largely in agreement with the existing
account. some specific divergences have come to light.
date: 1993-07
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
thesis_class: doctoral_open
language: eng
thesis_view: UCL_Thesis
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
full_text_status: public
pages: 597
institution: University of London
department: Department of Phonetics and Linguistics
thesis_type: Doctoral
citation:        Georgountzou, A;      (1993)    A comparison of the intonation of modern Greek and English with special reference to Greek learners of English.                   Doctoral thesis , University of London.     Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1546136/1/Georgountzou_319533.pdf