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Chen, Shirley – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1973
The see-saw pair is a technique for perceptually contrasting the two realizations of the third tone, viz. the low-level half third and the low dip full third. (DD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English, Intonation, Language Instruction
Nguyen, Chinh Ba – 1979
Aspects of the Vietnamese language are introduced in this manual for inservice teacher training. The development of Vietnamese as it was influenced by other Austro-Asiatic languages is discussed. A brief modern history of the language emphasizes contact with Chinese, English, and French. The replacement of Chinese characters with the Roman…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Consonants, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics
Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1975
The purpose of this guide is to: (1) point out those differences between Black Tai and English which will cause difficulties for the Black Tai-speaking students of English, and (2) outline the most effective ways of helping the student overcome these difficulties. The first section is a contrastive analysis of the phonologies of Black Tai and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Indochinese