彝语和英语的语音对比
晚秋吉他谱the phonetic comparison between the yi language and english
学校的一角abstract: people in liangshan yi minority autonomous prefecture speak the yi language, which is a completely different language from english. the writer of this paper carried out a rearch to make a comparison and a contrast of the two languages in phonetics, for the purpo that the result of the rearch could not only help yi students to understand the phonetic characteristics of the two languages and clear the obstacles in learning english, but also help english teachers in liangshan design some scientific teaching methods and improve the foreign language teaching conditions there. the writer has been to middle schools in puge county, liangshan prefect. to do some investigation with questionnaires and mini-type meetings, where she discusd the differences of the phonetics in the two languages and the difficulties yi students face, from which she has got precious first-hand materials. the writer found that, apart from the different phonetic symbols in the two languages, some more differences exist in their intonation, tune and phoneme. as the writer
focus on the difference of phonetic symbols, she will discuss in this paper the following points: 1. some phonetics symbols in the yi language and english are the same both in form and pronunciation; 2. some phonetics symbols in the yi language and english are the same in form but different in pronunciation; 3. some phonetics symbols in the yi language and english are different in form but the same in pronunciation; 4. apart from vowels and consonants, the yi language has some initial consonants and vowels；5. english has some diphthongs，but the yi language hasn’t. finally, the writer propos a few constructive suggestions to the english teaching in liangshan autonomous prefecture.
key words: english; the yi language; phonetics; comparison; constructive suggestions for teaching
侮辱的意思摘要： 凉山彝族自治州的多数居民说的彝语是和英语完全不同的一门语言。为了提高彝族学生的英语水平，提高彝族地区的英语教学质量，本文作者对彝语和英语的语音进行了对比，目的是找出两种语言在语音方面的异同，帮助彝族学生认识两种语言，扫清英语学习障碍；同时帮助彝族地区的英语教师制定出科学的教学方法，改进凉山州目前的英语教学
落后状况。本文作者到彝族地区普格县对中学生做了问卷调查，并开了小型座谈会与彝族学生面对面交流，获取了第一手资料。作者发现，英语和彝语的语音除了可以在音标上比较异同，还可从语调、声调、音素组成入手进行阐述。音标上存在以下差异：1彝语和英语音标写法与发音均相同；2彝语和英语音标写法相同而发音不同；3彝语和英语音标写法不同而发音相同；4彝语语音除元音和辅音外，还存在声母和韵母；5英语语音中存在双元音，而彝语中没有。最后，作者对彝族地区的英语教学提出了一些建设性的建议。
关键字: 英语； 彝语； 语音； 对比； 教学
ⅰ. introduction
组织生活
yi language belongs to the yi language branch of sino-tibetan language system, and is quite different from english either in origin or in phoneme. for many reasons, the english teaching in yi area is backward compared to the interior area for a long time, which becomes one of the biggest obstacles in the process of yi students’ study. many talented and diligent yi students are refud by many top universities in china just becau of their poor english. in addition to the reasons of study environment, study condition and teachin
g method, the differences of speech organs and speech habits between english and yi language are also the obstacles of english-learning of yi students. and all of the obstacles result in inevitable influence in english learning in yi area.
in order to offer uful information to the english teachers and yi students in yi area, the rearch team first made an thorough rearch of the english and yi language phonetics and then penetrate the middle schools of yi area ( puge county of liangshan yi people autonomous prefecture) and communicate with the yi students face to face to obtain the first-hand materials.
选择伴侣through means of investigate-questionnaire and the mini-symposium, we communicated with the local yi students, acquired the first-hand materials, and finally find out the similarities and differences between english and yi language in phonetics and the common problems that the yi students face in english-learning. and i hope the rearch would have some help in improving the english teaching in yi area and in improving the yi students’ english ability.喜迎国庆作文
ⅱ. phonetic symbols of the two languages
english contains 26 phonetic symbols, of all the phonetic symbols, there are 5 vowels and 21 consonants. every phonetic symbol has one or more than one sound. thus, english totally has 44 phonemes, if take [ts],[dz],[tr],[dr] into consideration, then there are 48 phonemes in english. the written form of phoneme is phonemic alphabet, that is phonemic symbol. one phonemic alphabet stands for one phoneme. english totally contains 12 monophthongs, 8 diphthongs, and 24 consonants.
on the contrary, yi language is a syllable character language, that is to say, one character stands for one syllable in yi language. yi language totally has 10 vowels and 43 consonants. the comparison between the two languages is as following.
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