Progress test 2 due to 28th of February 2012 Phonetics 1) Transcribe the following sentences. Mark the stressed words and use weak forms where appropriate: ’She can ’swim ’faster than ’I can. (contrast) /’ʃi: kən ’swɪm ’fɑ:stə ðən ’aɪ kən/ ’She’s from ’Scotland. ’Where ’are ’you from? (contrast) /’ʃi:z frəm ’skɒtlənd. ’weər ɑ: ’ju: frəm?/ ’Sally’s been ’trying to ’send you an ’e-mail. /’sælɪz bin ’traɪɪŋ tə ’send ju ən ’i:meɪl/ ’Alastair ’claimed he was ’selling the ’company
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dr Hanna Dziczek-Karlikowska Phonology and Phonetics – year I LECTURE I - INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION PHONETICS and PHONOLOGY TWO SUBDISCIPLINES IN LINGUISTICS WHICH DEAL WITH SOUNDS 1. LINGUISTICS: the scientific study of language and its structure. There are broadly three aspects to the study: language form‚ language meaning‚ and language in context. LINGUISTICS DESCRIPTIVE THEORETICAL APPLIED Anthropological linguistics Cognitive linguistics Computational
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native speaker’s pronunciation‚ which can be a useful tool to understand the rules adhered to it. The consistencies and inconsistencies among the speaker‚ the account of them and the reasons why they do happen will be observed in this analysis. I asked six native speakers to read aloud some sentences. Five of them were American and one was Canadian. They were told that all of them had nonsense words. Analysis of findings The following charts show the different pronunciations given to the target
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Causes and solutions to pronunciation problems 12008815x ‚ So Hee Kim Hong kong is one of the most preferred locations for international business in Asia Pacific‚ and is becoming more so. Naturally business English skills is becoming increasingly important. Business English skills can be categorized into three different parts. These parts are writing‚ presentation and communication. All are equally important‚ but this essay will focus more on commuicaition. To be be more specific‚ it will
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INTRODUCTION TO PHONETICS COMDIS 210: Survey of Communication Disorders Definition of phonetics (Shriberg & Kent‚ 1982) • The study of the perception and production of speech sounds (phonemes). • The study of how speech sounds are produced and what their acoustic properties are. – Articulatory phonetics (concerned with how sounds are formed) – Acoustic phonetics (concerned with the acoustic properties of sounds) • Clinical phonetics involves the application
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THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG HKU SPACE Community College Associate Degree Programmes 2012-13 Course Document Course Title: English Phonetics and Phonology Course Code: C C 8 8 3 5 6 0 0 Aims and Objective This course will focus on articulatory phonetics and the classification of sounds in English. It will explain how English is pronounced in the context of a general theory about speech sounds and how they are organized in languages. Topics will include the speech production mechanism; the description
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What is teaching pronunciation? Mention some of the recent problem in teaching pronunciation in Nepalese context being based on those problems. Suggest some activities and techniques. Pronunciation is one of the aspects of a language which is particularly related with speech i.e. spoken form of the language. Pronunciation is particularly the way a word or a language is spoken or the manner in which someone utters a word. Pronunciation is also the act or result of producing the sounds of speech including
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Origin The IPA was first published in 1888 by the Association Phonétique Internationale (International Phonetic Association)‚ a group of French language teachers founded by Paul Passy. The aim of the organization developed with the intention of enabling students and linguists to learn and record the pronunciation of languages accurately‚ thereby avoiding the confusion of inconsistent‚ conventional spellings and a multitude of individual transcription systems. One aim of the IPA was to provide a
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difficult problems facing non-native speakers of English is pronunciation. It is usually the largest obstacle to overcome when trying to achieve fluency. Many non-native speakers have studied grammar for many years but are unable to speak like native speakers due to their inability to pronounce the sounds of words properly. This page is designed to provide techniques to help you pronounce the sounds of the English language. Your pronunciation is the first and most important thing native speakers notice
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Pronunciation mistakes that students often encounter. From the results of Table 1‚ the data revealed the word stress errors of first- year students student often committed considered as the most popular problem (41). In 2005‚ Gilbert raised one reason which explained the reason why students often encountered this mistake that students tended to think that word stress is some sort of added decoration‚ or else they do not notice it at all. Moreover‚ word stress is big challenge for Vietnamese students
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