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标题：Performing Speaking “Ungrammatical” American English: A Kuwaiti Linguistic Phenomenon
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作者：Nada A. Algharabali ; Hanan A. Taqi
期刊名称：Open Journal of Modern Linguistics
印刷版ISSN：2164-2818
电子版ISSN：2164-2834
出版年度：2018
卷号：08
期号：06
页码：242-261
DOI：10.4236/ojml.2018.86021
出版社：Scientific Research Publishing
摘要：Language attitudes have been addressed by many studies, and the importance of accent choice is one of the attitudes investigated, yet scarcely by EFL educationists. The current study investigates the conscious choice of the American accent by Kuwaiti speakers of English as a foreign language and the importance of accent over other language aspects such as grammar, vocabulary and style as perceived by students. 67 female informants from the College of Basic Education, who are to become potential English teachers and speak with an American-like accent, participated in this study. The informants were given a questionnaire, and after obtaining their consent, their speech was recorded during in-class presentations. Some of the informants were interviewed to elaborate further on the importance of acquiring an American accent. The data was analyzed quantitatively through SPSS (mean and frequency) and qualitatively (through general sociolinguistic and phonetic analysis), and it suggests that most participants believe that achieving an American accent is prestigious and “cool” and more important than developing grammatical and lexical skills.
关键词：Sociolinguistics;Accents;Phonology;English Language;EFL;Kuwait