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Raisler, Iren – Russian Language Journal, 1975
This article discusses the advantage of using cassette recorders in Russian language instruction, specifically for teaching intonation and pronunciation, and for error analysis. A program in which cassette recorders were used at the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels is outlined. (CLK)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Audiovisual Aids, Error Analysis (Language), Intonation
Brend, Ruth M. – 1977
This paper attempts to identify some of the reasons for problems in American-British communication, particularly in the use of intonational contours by male and female speakers. One major contrast between British and American speech is found in the use of heads. Rising heads seem to be more frequent in British English, whereas a neutral head is…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Females, Intonation, Language Instruction
Brazil, David; And Others – 1980
This account of the intonation of English is part of ongoing research at the University of Birmingham, England. It attempts to take account of how intonation contributes to the communicative value of an act of speech. An introductory chapter provides a short discussion of some crucial terms: pitch, loudness, stress, rhythm, and tone unit. The…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Connected Discourse, English (Second Language), Intonation
Sandner, Gerhard W.; Wagner, Edith – 1981
The ontogenetic development of human vocal utterances and their role in early interaction processes were studied with a three-month-old baby. Recordings were made of infant vocalizations in the home and the sounds were classified. During a five-minute segment between the mother and infant, the infant produced 59 utterances, 93 percent of which had…
Descriptors: Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Infants, Interaction Process Analysis
von Raffler-Engel, Walburga; Hasham, Brenda Hopson – 1976
Linguistic research has paid little attention to "fillers." These so-called "hesitation forms" can be classified as being either "buffers" or "back channel elicitors," the former being self-primers, and the latter being other-directed. These forms are difficult to distinguish without access to kinesic and…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Body Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Discourse Analysis
Fromkin, Victoria A. – 1974
This paper examines the problem of whether tonal representation should be considered segmental or suprasegmental. Woo's hypothesis that tone features are to be specified segmentally is discussed as well as Leben's statement that in some languages tone is suprasegmental. The following are criteria suggested as a basis for tonal representation:…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Intonation, Language Patterns
Benguerel, Andre-Pierre; Grundstrom, Allan W. – 1968
The monograph contains two papers. The first presents a generative grammar for verbal forms in French. It consists of an ordered set of rewrite rules and a set of tables. It generates all existing verbal forms without generating any non-existing ones. The departure from an ordinary generative grammar lies in the use of a tabular form for…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Acoustics, Articulation (Speech), Descriptive Linguistics
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Aronson, Howard I. – Slavic and East European Journal, 1964
An approach to a contrastive analysis of phonologies for pedagogic purposes is illustrated through the discussion of selected problems of interference which arise in the teaching of Russian pronunciation to native speakers of American English. The need for a recognition of a hierarchy of errors and the importance of the phonetic level of analysis…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, English, Interference (Language)
Weitzman, Raymond S. – 1970
This study, the ninth in the series "Studies in the Phonology of Asian Languages," aims to analyze the phonological properties of the accentual system of Standard Colloquial Japanese on the basis of acoustic-phonetic data, especially data obtained through use of the sound spectrograph and pitch extractor. Chapters deal with functional distinctions…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Experiments
Stevick, Earl W.; Kamoga, Frederick Katabazi – 1970
This self-instructional text is an adjunct to the Foreign Service Institute's "Luganda Basic Course." The time required for mastery of the tonal system is normally 20 hours. Essential to the program is the series of tape recordings that accompanies this book. Contents include material on: (1) long and short vowels and consonants, (2)…
Descriptors: African Languages, Autoinstructional Aids, Consonants, Function Words
Bailey, Beryl Loftman – 1968
Because of the high incidence of structural similarity between Jamaican Creole and Standard English, many of the important differences between the two languages can be obscured. This fact and that of negative attitudes towards Creole are the principal problems encountered in teaching Creole. The lessons in this course on Jamaican Creole are based…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Creoles, English, Grammar
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Kelm, Orlando R. – Hispania, 1987
Comparison of how English and Spanish speakers express contrastive emphasis revealed that, while English speakers used pitch and intensity, Spanish speakers used changes in syntax and lexicon as well as pitch and intensity in showing contrasts. (CB)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics
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Galligan, Roslyn – Journal of Child Language, 1987
Examination of the transition to purposive use of intonation with single words for two infants revealed that both clearly used rising tones to ask questions by 1.5 years of age and demonstrated widespread and gradual grammatical use of intonation. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Child Language, Distinctive Features (Language), Grammar, Intonation
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Pennington, Martha C.; Richards, Jack C. – TESOL Quarterly, 1986
The phonemic-based view of teaching second language pronunciation is contrasted with a discourse-based view comprising segmental, voice-setting, and prosodic features. Research is surveyed on first language influence, the acquisition processes operative in second language phonology, psychosocial and individual factors, and the role of instruction.…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Context Effect, Individual Differences, Interference (Language)
Persons, Jan A. – 1997
Analysis of the speech of the people of Santa Maria Lachixio, a Zapotec town in Mexico shows they use a high voice to show respect toward others, and that variability in the height of pitch is unimportant. No other voice quality changes occur, such as laryngealization or breathiness. Kinship, age, and authority are important determiners of high…
Descriptors: American Indians, Foreign Countries, Interlanguage, Interpersonal Communication
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