%0 Journal Article
%T THE () AND () PHONEMES AS FOSSILIZED PRONUNCIATION ERRORS FOR TURKISH ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS: UNDOING THE FOSSILIZED PRONUNCIATION ERROR
%A Mehmet Demirezen
%J Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies
%D 2008
%I Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies
%X According to Haycraft, (1984: 90), ¡°Since all humans have almost identical speechorgans, there should not be any ¡®difficult¡¯ sounds.¡± This is not a totally true thought becausethe nonnative speaking students apply the pronunciation rules of their native language, andthe result of such a conduct is the establishment of mother-tongue interference which boilsdown to be an unavoidable intrusion while learning a foreign language. A great majority ofpronunciation errors are due to inevitable mother-tongue pronunciation habits, which exhibitcertain resistance to the sounds of the target language. The mother-tongue association to theacquisition of some target language phonemes that are called the core sounds. (Demirezen2007e). The core sounds of the English language, such ¡°consonants like / t ---> T, d ---> D, v---> w / and vowels like / e ---> Q, e ---> E, Q ----> E,   ---> Q, Q --->  ,   ----> ow, V-----> Vw /, constitute the prime fossilized mistake continuum for the Turkish teachers,teacher trainees and students in learning and teaching English as a foreign language.¡±Demirezen, 2007e: 306). This articles aims at analyzing and offering rehabilitative solutionsto one of such core sounds, namely / Q --->   / contrast that harms the pronunciation ofTurkish learners of English.
%U http://www.jlls.org/Issues/Volume%204/No.2/mdemirezen.pdf