Abstract

English, as one of the world's most widely used language, plays an increasingly important role for people to communicate in different countries and regions. People's attention to English learning is also increasing. In the process of learning English, Chinese students have been plagued by their dialectic accents on English pronunciations. This paper takes three dialects for example, analyzing the characteristics and influences of the local dialects, and come up with some methods to overcome the negative transfer from dialectic accents.

Key words: English pronunciation, language transfer, dialect

CONTENTS

中文摘要

Abstract

1 Introduction-1

2. Linguistic Transfer and Dialects-2

2.1Linguistic Transfer-2

2.1.1 The basic concept of linguistic transfer-2

2.1.2 Positive transfer and negative transfer-3

2.2 Dialects in China-3

2.2.1 The definition of dialects-4

2.2.2 The characteristics of dialects-4

3. The Characteristics of Three Dialects in China-5

3.1The characteristic of Jiangsu-Zhejiang dialect-5

3.2The characteristic of Shandong dialect-7

3.3The characteristic of Northeastern dialect-7

4. Influences of The Three Dialects on English Pronunciation-8

4.1The influence of Jiangsu-Zhejiang dialect on English pronunciation-9

4.1.1 Phonetic influence-10

4.1.2 Intonation influence-10

4.2 The influence of Shandong dialect on English pronunciation-11

4.2.1 Phonetic influence-11

4.2.2 Intonation influence-12

4.3 The influence of Northeastern dialect on English pronunciation-12

4.3.1 Phonetic influence-13

4.3.2 Intonation influence-13

5. Some Methods to Solve the Negative Influence-14

5.1 The promotion of Mandarin Chinese-14

5.2 The popularization of International Phonetic Alphabet-15

5.3 Individual Learning-15

6. Conclusion-16

Works cited-17