A STUDY OF LEXICAL DIFFERENCE IN ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION AMONG INDIAN ENGLISH SPEAKERS

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Languages differ in their phonological, grammatical and systems of meaning. Any language is able to describe things, notions, phenomena and facts of life which ensure cognition of the outside world. But the ways of expressing these things and notions usually vary in different languages. The Indian English lexicon has many distinct terms which are commonly used by its speakers. These terms arise through the use of old and new morphological features, acronyms and abbreviations. Many terms from Indian languages are utilized and new usages for English words or expressions are created. Many of these terms and usages are specific to the population of Indian English. The ability of speaking English depends on the correctness of pronunciation but there appears lexical difference in pronunciation which directly affects the meaning in communication. A study was conducted to know the lexical difference in English pronunciation by the English as second language learners. The Investigator collected data from 500 students and 60 teachers from 20 educational institutions located in NCR Delhi in order to know their lexical difference in English Pronunciation of ESLs in India. The findings of the study show that Most of the students were found at moderate level and at below average level of Knowledge of Stress and Lexical Variation in English pronunciation. The mean score of Knowledge of Stress and Lexical Variation Test was calculated to be 14.92 with standard deviation 1.97. Referring to pronunciation some basic parameters may be settled to see the difference in their pronunciation of English language. The teacher should give the knowledge of various vowels, consonants such plosives, affricates, nasal consonants, homophones, homonyms etc. to their students.

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