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- Title
Comparing Consonantal Phonemes of Pakistani Standard English with British Standard English.
- Authors
Afsar, Ayaz; Kamran, Umaima
- Abstract
The aim of this paper is to offer a comparative study of the consonant system of Pakistani Standard English (PSE) and British Standard English (BSE). Although some studies have been conducted on Pakistani English Phonology, in which consonant system of Pakistani English (PE) is briefly described, there is still need to analyse it thoroughly and with latest advancement in technology. The sample for the study is taken from twenty participants, i.e. ten male and ten female, who were enrolled for MPhil/PhD English degree and were teaching English Language at International Islamic University, Islamabad They were given a list of 178 words to read Their pronunciation was recorded first, then transcribed phonemically and finally analysed for comparison. For BSE, data was collected from "Oxford Talking Dictionary". Both varieties were compared to find out the similarities and differences. The differences were further highlighted and illustrated with the help of graphs. The result shows that there are many inventorial, realizational, incidental and distributional differences in the consonantal phonemes of the two varieties.
- Subjects
ISLAMABAD (Pakistan); PAKISTAN; ENGLISH as a foreign language; ENGLISH consonants; PHONOLOGY; DOCTORAL students; INTERNATIONAL Islamic University (Islamabad, Pakistan)
- Publication
Kashmir Journal of Language Research, 2011, Vol 14, Issue 1, p29
- ISSN
1028-6640
- Publication type
Article