论连云港方言区人在英语音位发音中的区别性特征

ON THE PRONUNCIATION MISTAKES OF ENGLISH PHONEMES MADE BY THE ADULTS FROM LIANWCANC DIALECT AREA, ABSTRACT:So far as we know, the adults from Lianyungang dialect area, when speaking or reading in English language,of ten mix up the different phonemes, with the result that the expressive function of English phonemes is seriously damaged,Here are a few concrete examples. In the respect to the vowels,they are accustomed to shift the points of articulation backward in pronouncing the front vowels,and to drawl the short vowels especially in optional speech performance, etc. In the respect to the consonants, they habitually confuse the prevcalic alveolar nasal /n/ with the prevocalic alveolar lateral /1/ and confute the postvocalic alveolar nasal /n/ with the postvocalic velar nasai /2/ etc.For the sake of correcting the above mentioned mistakes and laying a solid foundation for accurate pronunciation of English phonemes,we may try combining the pbonem-ics theory with the pronunciation practice.effectively use