Bibliographic citations
Cacho, R., (2017). Análisis de la entonación de preguntas pronominales en inglés producidas por castellano-hablantes adultos peruanos [Tesis, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú]. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/9340
Cacho, R., Análisis de la entonación de preguntas pronominales en inglés producidas por castellano-hablantes adultos peruanos [Tesis]. PE: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/9340
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title = "Análisis de la entonación de preguntas pronominales en inglés producidas por castellano-hablantes adultos peruanos",
author = "Cacho Huertas, Rosa Enriqueta",
publisher = "Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú",
year = "2017"
}
In this thesis, the intonation of pronominal questions in English, produced by Peruvian Spanish-speaking adults (learners), and the intonation of similar questions produced by English native speakers (British variety) is described and compared. The analysis of the intonation is made based on the autosegmental-metrical model. The acoustic signal, in this case the final boundary tone of the intonation curve is analysed using the PRAAT software. Factors such as input quantity, age of learners and influence of the intonation patterns of L1 (Spanish) on L2 (English) are considered as variables. The investigation is carried out with the participation of four groups. The members of the first group, who also took part as Spanish L1 informants, have an approximate input of 360 hours of English language learning. The second group has an approximate input of 960 hours. The participants of these two groups are between 20 and 26 years old. The third group, like the first, has also 360 hours of input approximately, but the participants are between 35 and 50 years old, all Peruvian Spanish-speakers who learn English as L2 in a formal context. These groups were selected for having different ages and different exposure time to the input in a formal context, and for having Spanish as L1, characteristics that make it possible to determine if there is influence of the above mentioned factors in intonation. Finally, the fourth group consists of British-English native speakers who represent the control group and whose ages vary between 32 and 74 years. This investigation shows that the age of learners has a significant influence on the intonation of pronominal questions, while the input and L1 do not show a significant influence on the intonation of such questions.
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