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Phonological Characteristics Of Narendra Modi Speaking English

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Full Name:Au Ching Tung
Tutorial Group No.:10
Assignment No.:1
University No.3035479808
Tutor’s Name: Eugene Tam

Native Gujarati speakers (Indian)--Narendra Modi speaking English Non-native english speakers usually encounter difficulties when pronouncing english words as L2. It seems especially easy to distinguish native Indian when they speak english because of their unique accents. This essay will examine the differences between pronunciation of one of the non-english native speakers—Indian and standard British English pronunciation. Narendra Modi is a public figure and an Indian, below, the speech of Narendra Modi given during Australia visit will be analysed and three phonological characteristics (phonemes) of Gujarati language will be investigated below.

Narendra Modi The background of a speaker can affect the learning of languages. For instance, the native language and the other languages the speaker know can affect their english phonetic pronunciation. Narendra Modi, the 14th prime minister of India, was born in Vadnagar, in a Gujarati family. Being raised in a Gujarati family, Narendra Modi speaks Gujarati(Old Gujarat) as his native language. Besides, he speaks fluent english as second language. Clearly, His L1 is Gujarati and L2 is English, this implies that his english pronunciation may be affected by being so used to the Gujarati pronunciation.

Narendra Modi’s English pronunciation In the clip “Australia visit: PM Modi delivers full speech in

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