EFL Grapho-PhonemicsThe “Teachability” of Stressed Vowel Pronunciation Rules

  1. Enrique Cámara-Arenas 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Valladolid
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    Universidad de Valladolid

    Valladolid, España

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Revista:
Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos

ISSN: 0210-6124

Año de publicación: 2018

Volumen: 40

Número: 2

Páginas: 197-218

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.28914/ATLANTIS-2018-40.2.10 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos

Resumen

A pesar de la amplitud y solidez de los conocimientos que a día de hoy validan las reglas de pronunciación que rigen la interpretación fonémica de las palabras inglesas, dichas reglas no son generalmente enseñadas en el ámbito del inglés para extranjeros, en ningún nivel. Dado que una posible razón de esta ausencia radica en la complejidad del sistema ortográfico inglés, en el presente estudio presentamos una conveniente simplificación en forma de diez reglas básicas para la interpretación de grafemas vocálicos en sílaba acentuada. Estas reglas se enmarcan dentro de un tejido conceptual sensible a distinciones entre palabras agudas, llanas y esdrújulas, así como a distinciones con respecto al carácter genérico/específico, post-nuclear/pre-nuclear y adyacente/distante de los indicadores grafo-fonémicos. Con ello pretendemos generar el tipo de conocimientos que pueda ser de utilidad en el contexto ILE. La fiabilidad de estas reglas se ha puesto a prueba en una lista de 5.000 palabras frecuentes del inglés. De este modo se derivan nociones con respecto a qué resulta oportuno enseñar, y en qué orden. El estudio incluye abundantes resultados que podrán ser libremente explorados por los profesores de inglés.

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