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Nussbaum, Loren V.; Lijane, Gershon T.
The present volume is a 176-unit course in spoken Sesotho, designed to prepare Peace Corps volunteers to communicate using basic sentence patterns in the most commonly encountered cultural contexts. The units, or "microwave cycles" are presented in two phases, "manipulative" and "communicative" oral practices. The…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Conversational Language Courses, Cultural Context, Glossaries
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Hymes, Dell – Anthropological Linguistics, 1976
Discusses the transitional unilateral code-switching observed in speakers of Hakka when speaking Cantonese. (CLK)
Descriptors: Cantonese, Code Switching (Language), Language Patterns, Language Research
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Van Lancker, D.; Fromkin, V. A. – Journal of Phonetics, 1978
American English speakers, divided into musically untrained and trained groups, show no ear advantage for pitch contrasts which are recognized by speakers of Thai, when presented in a linguistic context. The only effect of musical training is an enhancement of left ear accuracy for pitch contrast recognition. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Aural Learning, Cerebral Dominance, Language Patterns
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Light, Timothy – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1987
Discusses main ideas of papers presented that reflect the new directions explored in the field of Chinese linguistics. Current areas of study include tonal distinctions in dialect studies, contrastive analysis of Taiwanese and standard Chinese verb phrase structures, and the application of old Chinese morphological grammar to characteristics of…
Descriptors: Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies
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Yue-Hashimoto, Anne O. – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1986
Tonal "flip-flop" (reversal of pitch value in which a direct exchange of value between two items is necessarily involved) can be found in a significant number of modern Chinese dialects, where an opposite pitch pattern is observed for the traditional Yin/Yang dichotomy of tones. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Chinese, Dialect Studies, Distinctive Features (Language)
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Hung, Tony T. N. – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1990
Discusses Tone sandhi, the tone changes undergone by tone-bearing syllables in juxtaposition, in several Chinese dialects. The tone group is examined as a syntatico-semantic unit in Fuzhou and Mandarin and as a syntactic boundary-marker in Shanghai and Xiamen. The theoretical and pedagogical implications are discussed. (20 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Chinese, Dialects, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Eatough, Andy – 1996
One dialect of Yi spoken in Meigu County in the southern part of China's Sichuan Province is analyzed for its tone patterns, based on data provided by a bilingual native speaker. Consonant and vowel inventories are provided. Three contrastive tones are found. One has three allophones, which are conditioned by the preceding tone. Tonal allophony is…
Descriptors: Chinese, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Language Research
Nussbaum, Loren V.; And Others – 1969
The present volume comprises an introductory course to spoken siSwati, an African language of the Niger-Congo group, also referred to as Swazi. The materials have two principle components, "Understanding siSwati" and "Speaking siSwati," each consisting of a series of "Cycles." The purpose of the U.S. component is to give the student an opportunity…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Conversational Language Courses, Cultural Context, Glossaries
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Hashimoto, Mantaro J. – 1971
This document describes the Shanghai dialect of Chinese. An introduction to the paper provides information on previous research on the dialect. Items covered in the phonological description include syllable structure, initials, finals, tones, tone change, and differences in initials and finals in the colloquial and literary forms. The morphemes of…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Chinese, Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics
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Hashimoto, Mantaro J.; Norman, Jerry L. – 1971
This document describes the Wen-ch'ang and Ting-an dialects of Chinese. Items covered in the phonological description of Wen-ch'ang include syllable structure, initials, finals, tones, tone change, and differences in the initials and finals in colloquial and literary forms. Initials, finals, and tones in the Ting-an dialect are also discussed. The…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Chinese, Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics
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Hashimoto, Anne Yue – 1971
This document provides a description of the Teng-xian dialect of Chinese. In the introduction, the author discusses the geographical location of the dialect and its relationship to other Chinese dialects; a map is provided. Items covered in the phonological description include syllable structure, initials, finals, tones, tone sandhi, combinations…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Chinese, Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics
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Kwock-Ping Tse, John – Journal of Child Language, 1978
This paper reports on a case study of a Cantonese-speaking child age 2 and considers the implication of tone acquisition for tone studies in general, and Cantonese tonology in particular. (NCR)
Descriptors: Cantonese, Case Studies, Child Language, Chinese
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Shen, Zhongwei – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1987
Summarizes 10 presentations made at the workshop on a variety of topics including: classification of Chinese dialects; the importance of semantic units in tone sandhi; insights on Chinese character recognition among brain-damaged patients; and a cognitive approach to the study of Chinese grammar. (TR)
Descriptors: Chinese, Cognitive Processes, Dialect Studies, Grammar
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Woo, William – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1976
The visual exposure method for teaching tonal modulation can be used in the classroom where aural exposure time cannot be increased. The use of musical notation is a workable technique to begin with, using flashcards. Each flashcard has a character and the musical note that is linked with it. (CFM)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Chinese, Language Instruction, Mandarin Chinese
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Bar-Lev, Zev – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1991
Presents a pair of innovations, originally developed and used for teaching Mandarin, that are now being applied to the teaching of Cantonese, Vietnamese, and Thai, involving a double system of representation to encourage easier pronunciation and long-term learning; and a special sequencing for presenting the tones. (36 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, Oral Language, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
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