The assessment of foreign accent by native and non-native judges
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چکیده
The term ‘foreign accent’ (FA) is used to refer to the pronunciation of a language that shows deviations from native norms. These deviations occur at the phonetic and phonemic level, and at the segmental and prosodic levels, characterising the user of a second language (L2) as a non-native speaker. There is a consensus that the pronunciation of an L2 is deeply affected by the native language, above all in the early stages of acquisition (Ellis, 1994). In fact, one can easily detect the origin of some L2 speakers just by listening to the way the L2 is pronounced by them. Nevertheless, there are also reports of learners who achieve near-native pronunciations (Bongaerts, 1999).
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