Gender Differences in the Acquisition of the VOT of English Bilabial Stops among Saudi ESL Learners

Autor/in	Alsuhaim, Wasmiah
Titel	Gender Differences in the Acquisition of the VOT of English Bilabial Stops among Saudi ESL Learners
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 18 (2022), S.100-107 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Alsuhaim, Wasmiah)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-578X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Semitic Languages; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Gender Differences; Native Speakers; Phonemes; Articulation (Speech); Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Arabisch; Hebräisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Geschlechterkonflikt; Muttersprachler; Fonem; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	This investigation explored the voice onset time (VOT) values of word-initial bilabial stops /p/ and /b/ as realized by Arabic-speaking male and female Saudi ESL learners. It sought to identify the differences, if any, between these two groups with regard to this acoustic measure (i.e., VOT). The VOT measurements were then compared with those of native English speakers to test the contrastive analysis (CA) hypothesis. The VOTs were measured from the recordings of the 20 participants (10 females and 10 males). This study used the Praat speech analysis software to measure VOT values. The results revealed a statistically significant difference between male and female participants in their VOT values for /b/. For the VOT values of /p/, no statistical difference was found in the results. Further, an increase was detected in the male participants' VOTs for /b/ compared with those of native English speakers. The remainder of the results were relatively in line with the VOT values of native English speakers; namely, both males and females acquired the voiceless phoneme /p/ despite the lack of this phoneme in their native language (Arabic). (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. Hacettepe Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi B Blok, Yabanci Diller Egitimi Bolumu, Ingiliz Dili Egitimi Anabilim Dali, Ankara 06800, Turkey. e-mail: jllsturkey@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jlls.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01