• Contents
  • Index
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  • Table of contents
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Word stress in English
    • 2.1 The auditory method
    • 2.2 The acoustic method
  • 3. Analysing word stress with the help of Praat
    • 3.1 What is Praat?
    • 3.2 How to use Praat
      • 3.2.1 Recording a sound
      • 3.2.2 Editing a sound
      • 3.2.3 Creating a TextGrid-object
      • 3.2.4 Evaluation of Praat
  • 4. Mini-project: Analysing word stress of German speakers of English
    • 4.1 Aim of the project
    • 4.2 Investigated speakers and word choice
    • 4.3 Results
    • 4.4 Interpretation of results
  • 5. Conclusion and outlook
  • Works cited
  • Appendix
    • Investigating stress placement of the speakers with the auditory method
    • Investigating stress placement of the speakers with the acoustic method
    • Consistency of the speakers with their stated preference for RP or GA: Auditory vs. acoustic method