Keyword: «accent»

In the article the capability of speaking a foreign language the pronunciation of the native speaker, i.e. without an accent, is analyzed. The author comments upon the factors that affect the development of articulation in general.

The article is focused on the methodology for empirical data analysis that was collected during the sociophonetic experiment. For that purpose, the native speakers of German recorded their oral speech. They produced a number of sentences, which contained the stimuli words – the borrowings from the English language. It will allow to highlight the pronunciation features of the respondents in a most objective way. Thus I can determine cases of sound substitution, elision, epenthesis, and accentuation in accordance with the rules of mother tongue.