地域方言对学生英语语音的影响 -.doc

【标题】?地域方言对学生英语语音的影响 【作者】汪同玲 【关键词】 【指导老师】鲁晓权 【专业】英语 【正文】Ⅰ. Introduction?A. Definition of Regional DialectDai Weidong holds a view:?“A regional dialect is a linguistic variety used by people living in the same geographical region. Regional dialect boundaries often coincide with geographical barriers such as mountains, rivers, or swamps.”1B. The Importance of Pronunciation StudyThere are three areas we need to know about the study of a language, which are phonetics, lexicology and grammar, but phonetics is essential. Phonetics, the study and science of speech sounds, is a branch of linguistics. It is closely connected with the study of grammar, lexicology and so on.?“Without phonetics there can be no morphology of a spoken language, without intonation no syntax,”2 as Professor Firth declared. H.A. Gleason also noted?“A speaking knowledge of a language, therefore, requires very close to one hundred percent control of the phonology and control of from fifty to ninety percent of the grammar, while one can frequently do a great deal with one percent or even less of the vocabulary.”3 So we must make great efforts into phonetics first and foremost in order to study English well.C. The Relationship of Regional Dialect and Pronunciation StudyAs we know, to develop the ability of listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating, English pronunciation study is the prerequisite. During our study and communication, people sometimes can not understand others’ words because of their false pronunciation, even misunderstanding their meanings. Besides personal defects?(such as defects of pronunciation organs) the main reason is that they are affected by Chinese and regional dialects. In a sense, speakers have formed a kind of habit while saying local dialect. If they study another language, they’ll form a new habit. Moreover, these two habits are often contradictory. The longer the wrong pronunciation has been in speakers’ minds, the harder for them to correct.?In th