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Day, Richard R.; Saraka, Albert B. – 1968
The material in this text on spoken Baoule (an Akan language of the Niger-Congo group of African languages) is presented in "microwave" format, in a series of short, two-phase cycles. Suggestions to the teacher, a brief explanation of the transcription system used, and a note on tones preface the first section of 15 cycles, which deal…
Descriptors: Akan, Audiolingual Methods, Conversational Language Courses, Cultural Context

Yen, Isabella Y.
This phonology workbook on the sounds of Mandarin Chinese accompanies a 3-volume set of textbooks for the language. The workbook provides illustrations of the articulation of the sounds and offers exercises and drills for practicing each sound. For related documents in this series, see FL 002 773, FL 002 774, FL 002 776, and FL 002 777. (VM)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Chinese, Consonants, Contrastive Linguistics
Hume, Elizabeth, Ed. – 1992
Six working papers on phonology, primarily concerning less commonly taught languages, are presented are in this volume. Titles include: "Non-Uniqueness Condition and the Segmentation of the Chinese Syllable" (Benjamin Ao); "Theoretical Consequences of Metathesis in Maltese" (Elizabeth Hume); "Cs and Vs or Moras: The Case…
Descriptors: African Languages, Arabic, Bantu Languages, Chinese
Dowty, David, Ed.; And Others – Working Papers in Linguistics, 1996
Papers in various aspects of phonological research and theory include: "One-Step Raising in Gbanu" (Mary Bradshaw); "ATR Harmony in Konni" (Mike Cahill); "Prosodic Structure in SiSwati" (Rebecca Herman); "The Deletion of /w/ in Seoul Korean and Its Implications" (Hyeon-Seok Kang); "Tense, Aspect, and…
Descriptors: African Languages, Bantu Languages, Korean, Language Patterns
Allan, Edward Jay – 1973
A detailed grammar of Buem, one of the Togo-Remnant Languages spoken in Ghana's Volta region, describes the major structures and many minor structures occurring in informal and semi-formal speech. The phonetics and much of the phonology are described in taxonomic terms, and the vowel harmony system, syntax, and morphology are described in a…
Descriptors: African Languages, Descriptive Linguistics, Developing Nations, Dialects

Ho-Dac, Tuc – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1997
Analysis of English stress patterns and perceptual pattern of the six Vietnamese tones in code-switching reveals a significant proportion of the high tone group at the point of switching. This, together with the phonological compatibility between Vietnamese tones of high- and mid-level pitch and English stressed/unstressed syllable patterns,…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Contrastive Linguistics, English, English (Second Language)
Tiee, Henry Hung-Yeh – 1967
Experiments in language teaching have indicated that, especially in the case of teaching English as a foreign language, no pronunciation of English sounds natural unless the intonation (prosodic features) is fairly acceptable. Even with satisfactory consonants and vowels, a phrase with incorrect melody still sounds foreign. On the other hand, when…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Interference (Language), Intonation
Moreton, Rebecca L.; And Others – 1968
This text comprises an introductory course in the language of the Basaa tribe of Cameroon; it includes both general social and survival needs and specific materials for Peace Corps workers in the health field. The format is based on the "microwave" approach with a series of 265 short "cycles" or lesson units, each consisting of…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Basaa, Conversational Language Courses, Cultural Context

So, Lydia K. H.; Dodd, Barbara J. – Journal of Child Language, 1995
Describes the phoneme repertoires and phonological error patterns used by Cantonese-speaking children, as well as a longitudinal study of tone acquisition by four children. The developmental error patterns used by more than 10% of children are reported as common in other languages. Specific rules associated with Cantonese phonology are identified.…
Descriptors: Cantonese, Child Language, Consonants, Error Analysis (Language)
Kelly, J., Ed.; And Others – York Papers in Linguistics, 1991
Papers in this volume include: "The Role of Tone in Some Cushitic Languages" (David L. Appleyard); "Downdrift in a Tone Language with Four Tone Levels" (G. N. Clements); "Non-Pitch Exponents of Accent and Structure in Japanese" (John Coleman); "Clause Structure and Tone in Sandawe" (Edward D. Elderkin);…
Descriptors: Akan, Dutch, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication
Armstrong, Robert G. – 1967
This systematic lexical comparison of 1,050 words from five Nigerian Igbo dialects is based on the list used for the West African Language Survey in 1960. The comparative phonologies are not to be regarded as definitive but as hypotheses derived from the present material. In Igbo, as in other Kwa languages, there are in general no consonant…
Descriptors: African Languages, Contrastive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Dialects
Han, Mieko S.; Weitzman, Raymond S. – 1967
This study, the fifth in the series "Studies in the Phonology of Asian Languages," aims to describe those acoustic features involved in the distinction of Korean stop consonants, using the sound spectrograph and pitch extractor as research tools. The report specifically deals with voice onset time associated with weak and strong stops and the…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Articulation (Speech), Consonants, Distinctive Features (Language)
Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon. – 1990
Five papers on linguistics contained in this issue include the following: "Tones for Profoundly Deaf Tone-Language Speakers" (Teresa Y. C. Ching), a study using a simplified speech pattern approach to enhance perception of tonal contrasts in Cantonese; "Word Formation and the Limits of Analytic Equivalence" (Peter Crisp), a…
Descriptors: Chinese, Deafness, Dialects, English
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
Payne, David, Ed. – Notes on Linguistics, 1996
The four 1996 issues of this journal contain the following articles: "Sketch of Autosegmental Tonology" (H. Andrew Black); "System Relationships in Assessing Dialect Intelligibility" (Margaret Milliken, Stuart Milliken); "A Step-by-Step Introduction to Government and Binding Theory of Syntax" (Cheryl A. Black);…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Computer Software, Conferences, Dialects