DOI: 10.18178/wcse.2019.06.079
The Study of the Salient Vowel Mispronunciations of Tibetan Adult English Learners by Means of Experimental Phonetics
Abstract— Assisted by the computer software “Praat”, this paper studied the salient vowel
mispronunciations of Tibetan adult English learners by checking whether the F1(First Format)and F2
(Second Formant)of the pronounced vowel of the tested speaker can fit into the corresponding vowel cluster
and by comparing the duration of the vowels with the standard mean time length. This innovative method is a
great improvement in finding the vowel mistakes, as the difference among vowels are very subtle and the
traditional judgment methods （the judgement of right and wrong is based on human listening are very
subjective.
Index Terms— Vowel Mispronunciations, Vowel Cluster, Duration
Qian Zhou
Key Laboratory of China's Ethnic Languages and Information Technology of Ministry of Education, Northwest Minzu University, CHINA
Cite: Qian Zhou, "The Study of the Salient Vowel Mispronunciations of Tibetan Adult English Learners by Means of Experimental Phonetics," Proceedings of 2019 the 9th International Workshop on Computer Science and Engineering, pp. 535-539, Hong Kong, 15-17 June, 2019.