Foot duration and polysyllabic shortening among Arab speakers of English

Mohammed Nour Abu Guba

doi:10.3989/loquens.2022.e091

Autores/as

Mohammed Nour Abu Guba University of Sharjah https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5007-6439

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/loquens.2022.e091

Palabras clave:

Acortamiento polisilábico, patrones temporales, ritmo, árabe, inglés como segunda lengua

Resumen

Este estudio investiga un aspecto poco abordado de la adquisición de una segunda lengua. Compara los patrones temporales adoptados por los hablantes de inglés como lengua extranjera con aquellos propios de los anglohablantes nativos. El objetivo del artículo es averiguar la medida en la que los locutores árabes -cuya L1 no es acentualmente acompasada como lo es el inglés- pueden adquirir los mecanismos del acortamiento polisilábico de esta lengua. Se pidió a tres grupos de hablantes (uno de anglohablantes nativos y dos de hablantes jordanos de inglés) que leyeran tres conjuntos de palabras monosílabas, disílabas y trisílabas en una frase portadora. Se midió la longitud total de la palabra y la duración de la vocal en todas esas palabras, y se hallaron claras diferencias entre el grupo de hablantes nativos y los dos de no nativos. Los resultados ponen de manifiesto que en la temporización del habla en inglés la duración isócrona del pie y el acortamiento polisilábico constituyen más una tendencia que un proceso fundamental. Además, se comprueba que la adquisición de los patrones temporales del ritmo acentualmente acompasado del inglés es un desafío para los hablantes árabes.

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