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Abstract

[Abstract in Thai unavailable]An Interlanguage Study of English Intonation of Thai Students Speaking Pattani Malay as Their Mother Tongue: Focusing on Tonality

This study investigates English intonation, specifically tonality, of Thai students speaking Pattani Malay as their mother tongue. The data were collected from 30 English major students, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus, divided into 2 groups: those with high degree of experience in exposing to English (High Exposure Group: HEG) and those with low degree of experience in exposing to English (Low Exposure Group: LEG).

The results reveal the influence of the stress pattern in Thai and Pattani Malay on 8 out of 11 stress patterns by students, that is, the primary stress always falls on the last syllable. The most distinctive evidence was indicated in the ‘OoˈOoo/ ˈOoˌOoo’ pattern where the percentage of the deviated pattern was 27% in High Exposure Group (HEG) and 33% in Low Exposure Group (LEG). Furthermore, two rules of overgeneralization were found. In 6 stress patterns the subjects assigned stress onto the syllable preceding the last one. The most salient evidence was shown in the ‘Oooo’ pattern where the percentage of the deviated pattern was 53% in HEG and 86% in LEG. The second rule was in 5 stress patterns where the subjects stressed on a syllable that is not the last one. The most distinctive case was in the ‘Oooo or ˌOoˈOo’ pattern where 31% in HEG and 33% in LEG put the stress on the second syllable.

In conclusion, the results suggest that tonality systems of High Exposure Group and Low Exposure Group were influenced by the same factors: L1 transfer and overgeneralization in stress patterns. However, the findings also show that speech division of High Exposure Group tends to be closer to the target language.