On orthography and pronunciation of a contact language:

the case of HKU linguistics majors learning Mauritian Creole

 

By Jackson L. LEE

 

Term project of LING2040 Languages in Contact (Lecturer: Dr. Stephen Matthews)

Programme in Linguistics, School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts

The University of Hong Kong

 

 

Note:

Since this project is partly about phonetics and phonology, standard symbols of IPA are essential.

Do you see the transcription of the word Mauritius between the two slants just below?

/mərɪʃəs/

If not, please download the Charis SIL font package for free here provided by SIL International.

 

 

1. Introduction

2. Sound system of Mauritian Creole

3. Decoding pronunciation from orthography

4. Mispronunciation and causes

5. Conclusion � objective, limitation and further research

6. References

 

 

 

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Submitted on 31^st May, 2007

Last updated on 5^th June, 2007