An Acoustic analysis
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2015
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university of Oum-El-Bouaghi
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This research attempts to investigate Voice Onset Time for the voiceless in word-initial plosives [p, t] in O.E.B and Mila, as spoken by 16 EFL students at Larbi Ben M'Hidi University. of a particular concern, this research paper attempts to answer the following question: What are the characteristic of EFL algerian learner's VOT (Voice Onset Time)? Is there any acoustic difference between Mila and OEB 'VOT patterns for voiceless plosives [t, p]? The purpose of this paper is to compare between Mila and OEB' VOT patterns. Participants were sixteen algerian University learners of english at Larbi Ben M'Hidi university. They were divided into 2 groups according to their regional origin equally with 8 in each group. In the process of conducting this research, isolated words were used as a recording test for both groups. Praat program was used to measure the recordings acoustically. Statistical analysis and charts used to examine the significant differences between both groups VOT values. The findings indicate that there is a significant difference for voiceless aspirated stops in the way that Oum-El-Bouaghi vot are longer than those of Mila.
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Voice Onset Time, Investigate voice