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Ünal, Menderes; Yagci, Mustafa – Online Submission, 2014
The aim of the study is to identify students' misuse of language in the frame of information and communication technologies with their self-evaluation and determine the recommendations to find out ways to overcome misuse of the Turkish language. In the study, among the qualitative research methods the case study was used. University students were…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Language Usage, Turkish, Telecommunications
Yurtbasi, Metin – Online Submission, 2015
Every language has its own rhythm. Unlike many other languages in the world, English depends on the correct pronunciation of stressed and unstressed or weakened syllables recurring in the same phrase or sentence. Mastering the rhythm of English makes speaking more effective. Experiments have shown that we tend to hear speech as more rhythmical…
Descriptors: Language Rhythm, Syllables, Grammar, Phonology
MacNeilage, Peter F. – 1973
This paper examines the validity of the concept of linguistic units in a theory of speech production. Substantiating data are drawn from the study of the speech production process itself. Secondarily, an attempt is made to reconcile the postulation of linguistic units in speech production theory with their apparent absence in the speech signal.…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Consonants, Distinctive Features (Language), Error Patterns
Williams, George – 1972
The purpose of the investigation reported in this document is to determine the range of errors in the spontaneous speech of Puerto Rican children of intermediate English ability in order to provide specific information on phonetic and morphological deviations from standard English for use in curriculum development. The study first considers common…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Curriculum Development, Dialect Studies, Elementary School Students