<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper examines pronunciation errors made by Polish learners of English. The focus is on the phonology of glides in Polish and English. The purpose of the presented evaluation of errors is to demonstrate that phonological interference finds its source in the phonological rules of the native language having no correspondents in the target language or in the differences in the treatment of diphthongs by both languages.</p></abstract>

This paper examines pronunciation errors made by Polish learners of English. The focus is on the phonology of glides in Polish and English. The purpose of the presented evaluation of errors is to demonstrate that phonological interference finds its source in the phonological rules of the native language having no correspondents in the target language or in the differences in the treatment of diphthongs by both languages.

Error-based evidence for interference from Polish gliding rules on English Pronunciation

Studia Anglica Posnaniensia

This paper examines pronunciation errors made by Polish learners of English. The focus is on the phonology of glides in Polish and English. The purpose of the...

Error-based evidence for interference from Polish gliding rules on English Pronunciation

Published Online: Feb 29, 2012

Page range: 75 - 92

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10121-010-0005-6

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