Jane Setter
Biographic Data
| ID | 81241 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jane Setter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jane |
| FAMILY NAME | Setter |
| SIGNATURE | SETTER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Reading |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7334-5702 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Oxford Handbook of Language and Prejudice
This Handbook explores various connections between language and prejudice. Rather than simply detailing how prejudice is directed at language and language users, which is known as linguistic prejudice, the Handbook extensively explores how language acts as a technology of prejudice and actively shapes prejudice itself. Working against the dominance of Global North knowledge production on matters of language and prejudice, this edited volume featu…
Oxford Handbook of Language and Prejudice
English intonation in storytelling
This paper presents data for a tightly controlled recognition and production study of English language intonation in reading by speakers of British English and second language learners of English in Hong Kong. We demonstrate a relatively high correlation between the scores for the two studies when data are separated by utterance type (statement, echo, WH-question, etc.). Our finding that this cohort of English learners performs better at producti…
The Setswana speech rhythm of 6–7 year-old Setswana–English bilingual children
Aims and objectives: This study investigates the acquisition of Setswana speech rhythm, considered to be typically syllable-timed, by early sequential Setswana–English bilingual children aged 6–7 years old growing up in Botswana, a country with a diglossic setting, where English is the dominant high-status language in educational and public contexts. For this group of children, taught full-time in English from the age of 3 years, the L2 becomes t…
T. M. Derwing and M. J. Munro. Pronunciation Fundamentals
There often seems to be a disconnect between what researchers know about the processes of second language (L2) phonetic/phonological acquisition and what happens in the classroom where pronunciation is concerned. Relevant research is not always known to practitioners; even when it is known, it can seem difficult to work out how to apply the theories, methods or findings from controlled, seemingly ‘laboratory’-type, studies to practical pronunciat…
Malay English intonation
This paper presents the findings of a study on the intonational features in ten proficient Malay Speakers of English (MSEs), focusing on a distinct rising tone (the Cooperative Rise, CR). Using Brazil’s (1985) Discourse Intonation as a framework for analysis, the CR discourse function differs from the rise and fall-rise of Standard Southern British English (SSBE). The CR is a referring tone used to provide extra emphasis on important information …
Word juncture characteristics in world Englishes
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…
Hong Kong English
This volume provides an overview of all aspects of Hong Kong English in a style designed for undergraduates and general readers. As a former British colony, Hong Kong used English as the language of government, law and education in the early days of colonial rule. Since the Handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997, it is no longer used as the primary language of government. However, the status of English has survived the decline of colonial …
Evaluating the intonation of non‐native speakers of English using a computerized test battery
This study investigates the intonation of Chinese and Arabic learners of English using the computerized test battery Profiling Elements of Prosody for Speech and Communication (PEPS‐C). The aims were to ascertain which aspects of intonation are difficult for these learners, and to determine whether PEPS‐C can be used to assess the intonation of adult learners. Although some results were significantly different from native‐speaker data, raw scores…
Consonant clusters in Hong Kong English
This study investigates consonant clusters and phonotactics in the English spoken by Hong Kong Cantonese speakers. A computer dataset of Hong Kong English speech data amounting to 4,404 syllables was used. Syllables were categorised according to structure, and then compared to 1,847 syllables from an existing corpus of British English speakers. It was found that Hong Kong English speakers produced fewer syllable types than speakers in the British…
Speech Rhythm in World Englishes
This study investigated syllable duration as a measure of speech rhythm in the English spoken by Hong Kong Cantonese speakers. A computer dataset of Hong Kong English speech data amounting to 4,404 syllables was used. Measurements of syllable duration were taken, investigated statistically, and then compared with measurements of 1,847 syllables from an existing corpus of British English speakers. It was found that, although some similarities exis…
State-of-the-Art Review Article
This article is organised in five main sections. It begins by outlining the scope of pronunciation teaching and the role of pronunciation in our personal and social lives. The second section surveys the background to pronunciation teaching from its origins in the early twentieth century to the present day, and includes a discussion of pronunciation models and of the role of the first language (L1) in the acquisition of second language (L2) pronun…
Helen FRASER, Teaching Pronunciation
HELEN FRASER, Teaching Pronunciation: A Guide for Teachers of English as a Second Language and Learn to Speak Clearly in English. Fyshwick, Australia: Catalyst Interactive, 2001. Windows CD-ROM. Requires Quick Time (included). Funded under the ANTA Adult Literacy National Project by the Commonwealth through the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Australia - Volume 35 Issue 2
Richard CAULDWELL, Streaming Speech
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The emergence of systematicity in the English pronunciations of two Cantonese-speaking adults in Hong Kong
This paper describes and analyses the phenomenon of consonant cluster simplification in the English of two native Cantonese speakers in Hong Kong. We show that this process is systematic in that it targets the alveolar plosives and removes them when they are members of a coda consonant cluster in spite of the fact that the details of the simplification may vary from subject to subject. We compare this process to a seemingly similar cluster simpli…
Transcription of Prosodic and Paralinguistic Features of Emotional Speech
A study of emotional speech has resulted in a collection of some five hours of recorded material. The analysis of this material has required computer-based annotation incorporating prosodic and paralinguistic transcription as well as the coding of various psychological variables. A version of the prosodic and paralinguistic transcription devised by Crystal & Quirk was developed for use within the xwaves TM environment. This paper describes this t…
State-of-the-Art Review Article
This article is organised in five main sections. It begins by outlining the scope of pronunciation teaching and the role of pronunciation in our personal and social lives. The second section surveys the background to pronunciation teaching from its origins in the early twentieth century to the present day, and includes a discussion of pronunciation models and of the role of the first language (L1) in the acquisition of second language (L2) pronun…
The emergence of systematicity in the English pronunciations of two Cantonese-speaking adults in Hong Kong
This paper describes and analyses the phenomenon of consonant cluster simplification in the English of two native Cantonese speakers in Hong Kong. We show that this process is systematic in that it targets the alveolar plosives and removes them when they are members of a coda consonant cluster in spite of the fact that the details of the simplification may vary from subject to subject. We compare this process to a seemingly similar cluster simpli…
Consonant clusters in Hong Kong English
This study investigates consonant clusters and phonotactics in the English spoken by Hong Kong Cantonese speakers. A computer dataset of Hong Kong English speech data amounting to 4,404 syllables was used. Syllables were categorised according to structure, and then compared to 1,847 syllables from an existing corpus of British English speakers. It was found that Hong Kong English speakers produced fewer syllable types than speakers in the British…
Speech Rhythm in World Englishes
This study investigated syllable duration as a measure of speech rhythm in the English spoken by Hong Kong Cantonese speakers. A computer dataset of Hong Kong English speech data amounting to 4,404 syllables was used. Measurements of syllable duration were taken, investigated statistically, and then compared with measurements of 1,847 syllables from an existing corpus of British English speakers. It was found that, although some similarities exis…
Transcription of Prosodic and Paralinguistic Features of Emotional Speech
A study of emotional speech has resulted in a collection of some five hours of recorded material. The analysis of this material has required computer-based annotation incorporating prosodic and paralinguistic transcription as well as the coding of various psychological variables. A version of the prosodic and paralinguistic transcription devised by Crystal & Quirk was developed for use within the xwaves TM environment. This paper describes this t…
The emergence of systematicity in the English pronunciations of two Cantonese-speaking adults in Hong Kong
This paper describes and analyses the phenomenon of consonant cluster simplification in the English of two native Cantonese speakers in Hong Kong. We show that this process is systematic in that it targets the alveolar plosives and removes them when they are members of a coda consonant cluster in spite of the fact that the details of the simplification may vary from subject to subject. We compare this process to a seemingly similar cluster simpli…
Richard CAULDWELL, Streaming Speech
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
State-of-the-Art Review Article
This article is organised in five main sections. It begins by outlining the scope of pronunciation teaching and the role of pronunciation in our personal and social lives. The second section surveys the background to pronunciation teaching from its origins in the early twentieth century to the present day, and includes a discussion of pronunciation models and of the role of the first language (L1) in the acquisition of second language (L2) pronun…
Helen FRASER, Teaching Pronunciation
HELEN FRASER, Teaching Pronunciation: A Guide for Teachers of English as a Second Language and Learn to Speak Clearly in English. Fyshwick, Australia: Catalyst Interactive, 2001. Windows CD-ROM. Requires Quick Time (included). Funded under the ANTA Adult Literacy National Project by the Commonwealth through the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Australia - Volume 35 Issue 2
Speech Rhythm in World Englishes
This study investigated syllable duration as a measure of speech rhythm in the English spoken by Hong Kong Cantonese speakers. A computer dataset of Hong Kong English speech data amounting to 4,404 syllables was used. Measurements of syllable duration were taken, investigated statistically, and then compared with measurements of 1,847 syllables from an existing corpus of British English speakers. It was found that, although some similarities exis…
Consonant clusters in Hong Kong English
This study investigates consonant clusters and phonotactics in the English spoken by Hong Kong Cantonese speakers. A computer dataset of Hong Kong English speech data amounting to 4,404 syllables was used. Syllables were categorised according to structure, and then compared to 1,847 syllables from an existing corpus of British English speakers. It was found that Hong Kong English speakers produced fewer syllable types than speakers in the British…
Hong Kong English
This volume provides an overview of all aspects of Hong Kong English in a style designed for undergraduates and general readers. As a former British colony, Hong Kong used English as the language of government, law and education in the early days of colonial rule. Since the Handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997, it is no longer used as the primary language of government. However, the status of English has survived the decline of colonial …
Evaluating the intonation of non‐native speakers of English using a computerized test battery
This study investigates the intonation of Chinese and Arabic learners of English using the computerized test battery Profiling Elements of Prosody for Speech and Communication (PEPS‐C). The aims were to ascertain which aspects of intonation are difficult for these learners, and to determine whether PEPS‐C can be used to assess the intonation of adult learners. Although some results were significantly different from native‐speaker data, raw scores…
Word juncture characteristics in world Englishes
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…
Malay English intonation
This paper presents the findings of a study on the intonational features in ten proficient Malay Speakers of English (MSEs), focusing on a distinct rising tone (the Cooperative Rise, CR). Using Brazil’s (1985) Discourse Intonation as a framework for analysis, the CR discourse function differs from the rise and fall-rise of Standard Southern British English (SSBE). The CR is a referring tone used to provide extra emphasis on important information …
T. M. Derwing and M. J. Munro. Pronunciation Fundamentals
There often seems to be a disconnect between what researchers know about the processes of second language (L2) phonetic/phonological acquisition and what happens in the classroom where pronunciation is concerned. Relevant research is not always known to practitioners; even when it is known, it can seem difficult to work out how to apply the theories, methods or findings from controlled, seemingly ‘laboratory’-type, studies to practical pronunciat…
The Setswana speech rhythm of 6–7 year-old Setswana–English bilingual children
Aims and objectives: This study investigates the acquisition of Setswana speech rhythm, considered to be typically syllable-timed, by early sequential Setswana–English bilingual children aged 6–7 years old growing up in Botswana, a country with a diglossic setting, where English is the dominant high-status language in educational and public contexts. For this group of children, taught full-time in English from the age of 3 years, the L2 becomes t…
English intonation in storytelling
This paper presents data for a tightly controlled recognition and production study of English language intonation in reading by speakers of British English and second language learners of English in Hong Kong. We demonstrate a relatively high correlation between the scores for the two studies when data are separated by utterance type (statement, echo, WH-question, etc.). Our finding that this cohort of English learners performs better at producti…
The Oxford Handbook of Language and Prejudice
This Handbook explores various connections between language and prejudice. Rather than simply detailing how prejudice is directed at language and language users, which is known as linguistic prejudice, the Handbook extensively explores how language acts as a technology of prejudice and actively shapes prejudice itself. Working against the dominance of Global North knowledge production on matters of language and prejudice, this edited volume featu…
Oxford Handbook of Language and Prejudice
Linguistics (13 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (9 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · History (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Pronunciation (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (4 works)