The perception of lexical stress in Malaysian English

• Main Authors: Adnan, Ernie, Pillai, Stefanie, Chiew, Poh Shin
• Format: Article
• Published: Penerbit Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
• Subjects: P Philology. Linguistics; PE English
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/36017/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85099164561&doi=10.17576%2f3L-2020-2604-01&partnerID=40&md5=d8cbb738f8b740aed094deb3150675f5
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Malaysian English is described as a variety of English that lacks perceivable lexical stress. This, in turn, could affect its intelligibility to non-Malaysian listeners. This paper examines if lexical stress can be detected in Malaysian English. The findings were based on two listening tasks complet...