Exploring Ethnically-Marked Varieties of Kenyan English: Intonation and Associated Attitudes

Exploring Ethnically-Marked Varieties of Kenyan English: Intonation and Associated Attitudes
ISBN-10
3643909705
ISBN-13
9783643909701
Category
English language
Pages
232
Language
English
Published
2018
Publisher
LIT Verlag Münster
Author
Billian Khalayi Otundo

Description

On a quest to satisfy the need for acoustic documentation of pronunciation norms of Standard Kenyan English, there were predominant deviations which identify users of Ethnically Marked Varieties of Kenyan English. The study documents findings on tenets of Ethnic Markedness by two groups that revealed maximally distinct pronunciation. Data collection and analysis encompassed systematic recording, annotation and acoustic scrutiny. Moreover, attitudes that other Kenyans hold toward the selected varieties are exposed. The study is a primary source in the genres of World Englishes, speech science, prosody and interlanguage pronunciation.

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