Articulation of Approximant Sounds of Maithili and English : Challenges and Solutions
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Phonetics, articulatory phonetics, phonetic training, experimental phonetics, approximant, affricate, and consonant speech sounds.Abstract
The research paper explores differences between approximant sounds (AS) of Maithili (L1) and English (L2). The study tends to discover whether the native speakers of L1 use the AS of L2 when they pronounce the words of L2 or use AS of their language, i.e., L1 and vice versa. An initial survey is carried out on forty-native speakers of Maithili, who can also speak L2 but not with perfection. Twenty students (only students of B.Tech.) and twenty people who are in their middle adulthood and have not gone through any phonetic training of any of the languages have participated in the survey. The result of the survey supports the hypothesis that the standard pronunciation of any language does not come naturally. Phonetic training is essential for standard pronunciation.
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