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Original Research

GENDER DIFFERENTIATION IN THE USE OF VOICED LABIODENTAL FRICATIVE SOUND /V/ OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN A NON-NATIVE CONTEXT

OYINLOYE, COMFORT ADEBOLA 1, FRIMPONG, DOMINICS 2, JAMES, NMA CLARION 3, KPAROU, HANOUKOUME CYRIL 4.

Vol 18, No 08 ( 2023 )   |  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8339937   |   Author Affiliation: Ph.D, School of Education and Humanities, Babcock University 1,3,5 ; Ph.D, Department of Languages, St. Joseph’s College of Education 2;   |   Licensing: CC 4.0   |   Pg no: 1835-1845   |   Published on: 31-08-2023

Abstract

This paper investigates gender differentiation in the use of voiced labiodental fricative sound /v/ of English Language in a Non-Native Context. Sixty secondary school students (30 males and 30 females) were randomly selected as the sample. A pronunciation test was administered to the participants to read aloud. The study revealed that most participants replaced the labiodental sound /v/ with /f/ sound; and there is no significant difference between male and female students’ pronunciation of labiodental sound ss/v/. It is recommended that teachers pay proper attention to the learner’s linguistic background for effective communication in English language.

Keywords

Gender Differentiation, Voiced, Labiodental, Fricative, English Language