Ran Ao
Biographic Data
| ID | 108941 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ran Ao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ran |
| FAMILY NAME | Ao |
| SIGNATURE | AO R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Office of Teacher Education National Institute of Education Singapore |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A description of the Yunnan English accent
This paper presents findings of an acoustic investigation of monophthong vowels produced by learners of English from Yunnan, China. Speech data for the present study were collected from 15 participants comprising five Han Chinese English majors, five Han Chinese non-English majors and five Yi minority ethnic English majors. The findings show that the three groups share more differences than similarities in terms of vowel duration but not in terms…
Word juncture characteristics in world Englishes: A research report
The subtle juncture cues in older varieties of English such as Received Pronunciation can be difficult for speakers of new English varieties to perceive. This study looks at the perception of word juncture characteristics in three varieties of English (British, Hong Kong and Singapore) among British, Hong Kong and Singaporean listeners in order to widen our understanding of English juncture characteristics in general. We find that, even though re…
Exploring pronunciation features of Yunnan English: The pronunciation of Yunnan speakers of English provides an interesting context for investigating Chinese English
The English language has gone through cycles of prominence and decline in China since it arrived on Chinese shores in 1637 for the purposes of trade (Adamson, 2002). Since then the language has evolved in China from the stage when it was regarded as a language spoken by ‘barbarians’ (Adamson, 2002) in the 1700s to the present day which sees an unprecedented surge of enthusiasm for the language. This significant change in the attitudes of the Chin…
Exploring Pronunciation Features of Yunnan English – Corrigenda
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Exploring pronunciation features of Yunnan English: The pronunciation of Yunnan speakers of English provides an interesting context for investigating Chinese English
The English language has gone through cycles of prominence and decline in China since it arrived on Chinese shores in 1637 for the purposes of trade (Adamson, 2002). Since then the language has evolved in China from the stage when it was regarded as a language spoken by ‘barbarians’ (Adamson, 2002) in the 1700s to the present day which sees an unprecedented surge of enthusiasm for the language. This significant change in the attitudes of the Chin…
Exploring Pronunciation Features of Yunnan English – Corrigenda
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Word juncture characteristics in world Englishes: A research report
The subtle juncture cues in older varieties of English such as Received Pronunciation can be difficult for speakers of new English varieties to perceive. This study looks at the perception of word juncture characteristics in three varieties of English (British, Hong Kong and Singapore) among British, Hong Kong and Singaporean listeners in order to widen our understanding of English juncture characteristics in general. We find that, even though re…
A description of the Yunnan English accent
This paper presents findings of an acoustic investigation of monophthong vowels produced by learners of English from Yunnan, China. Speech data for the present study were collected from 15 participants comprising five Han Chinese English majors, five Han Chinese non-English majors and five Yi minority ethnic English majors. The findings show that the three groups share more differences than similarities in terms of vowel duration but not in terms…
Linguistic Variation and Morphology (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · History (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (3 works) · Pronunciation (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · China (2 works) · History (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works)