| Titre : |
Investigating Stress Assignment In Multiyllabic Words Through The Theory Of Optimality : The Case Of Third Year Students Of English At The University Of Freres Montouri; Constantine |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Mohamed Aymen bouteldja, Auteur ; Meriem Mazri, Directeur de thèse |
| Editeur : |
CONSTANTINE [ALGERIE] : Université Frères Mentouri Constantine |
| Année de publication : |
2020 |
| Importance : |
76 f. |
| Format : |
30cm. |
| Note générale : |
Une copie electronique PDF disponible au BUC. |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Catégories : |
Lettres et Langues Etrangères:Langue Anglaise
|
| Tags : |
investigating stress assignment in multisyllabic words |
| Index. décimale : |
420 Langue anglaise |
| Résumé : |
This research work sheds a light on a significant issue in phonology which is word
stress through the theory of optimality. The purpose of this research is to find out
which constraints are involved in word stress assignment, and which of them are
constantly violated by EFL students and subsequently resulting in errors in stress
placement. It is assumed that students would consistently violate the same set of
constraints. In order to achieve the research objectives, a questionnaire was, first,
administered to assess the students overall knowledge about word stress, the
difficulties they face when placing it, and the different strategies they resort to in
order to assign it. A test was, then, administered to the same sample of students in
order to collect the needed data for the optimality analysis. The test was a stress
assignment task to three lists of words: words which comply with the rules of stress
in English, words which are exceptions to these rules, and made up words which in
turn complied with the rules of stress. The results of the questionnaire show that
most students are aware of what word stress is. Most of their difficulties stem from
the significant amount of rules which govern the position of the stress in English and
their exceptions. The results of this research work show that third year students at
the University of Frere Mentouri, Constantine consistently violated two constraints:
“WSP” and “ALIGN-R”. We can conclude that students are not aware of stress
behaviour in syllables containing weak centres, and that students face major
difficulties especially when it comes to words containing iambic feet. This, in turn,
only partially proves the suggested hypothesis if we take into consideration the
number of participants in this research work and the small sample of words used in
the test. |
| Diplome : |
Master 2 |
| Permalink : |
https://bu.umc.edu.dz/master/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=13846 |
Investigating Stress Assignment In Multiyllabic Words Through The Theory Of Optimality : The Case Of Third Year Students Of English At The University Of Freres Montouri; Constantine [texte imprimé] / Mohamed Aymen bouteldja, Auteur ; Meriem Mazri, Directeur de thèse . - CONSTANTINE [ALGERIE] : Université Frères Mentouri Constantine, 2020 . - 76 f. ; 30cm. Une copie electronique PDF disponible au BUC. Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Catégories : |
Lettres et Langues Etrangères:Langue Anglaise
|
| Tags : |
investigating stress assignment in multisyllabic words |
| Index. décimale : |
420 Langue anglaise |
| Résumé : |
This research work sheds a light on a significant issue in phonology which is word
stress through the theory of optimality. The purpose of this research is to find out
which constraints are involved in word stress assignment, and which of them are
constantly violated by EFL students and subsequently resulting in errors in stress
placement. It is assumed that students would consistently violate the same set of
constraints. In order to achieve the research objectives, a questionnaire was, first,
administered to assess the students overall knowledge about word stress, the
difficulties they face when placing it, and the different strategies they resort to in
order to assign it. A test was, then, administered to the same sample of students in
order to collect the needed data for the optimality analysis. The test was a stress
assignment task to three lists of words: words which comply with the rules of stress
in English, words which are exceptions to these rules, and made up words which in
turn complied with the rules of stress. The results of the questionnaire show that
most students are aware of what word stress is. Most of their difficulties stem from
the significant amount of rules which govern the position of the stress in English and
their exceptions. The results of this research work show that third year students at
the University of Frere Mentouri, Constantine consistently violated two constraints:
“WSP” and “ALIGN-R”. We can conclude that students are not aware of stress
behaviour in syllables containing weak centres, and that students face major
difficulties especially when it comes to words containing iambic feet. This, in turn,
only partially proves the suggested hypothesis if we take into consideration the
number of participants in this research work and the small sample of words used in
the test. |
| Diplome : |
Master 2 |
| Permalink : |
https://bu.umc.edu.dz/master/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=13846 |
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