Tonal languages are different from non-tonal languages because tonal languages are dependent on the emphasis and pronunciation, because how a word is said will affect its meaning. It is quite ...
BENGALURU: When Tanuja watched her son, a kindergartner, struggling to read English she decided to enrol him for phonetics classes. “They would teach him the sound of each letter in the English ...
Opinion
linguamarina on MSNOpinion

English pronunciation: assimilation and elision

Learn how assimilation and elision affect English pronunciation! Understand how sounds change or disappear, making you sound more like a native speaker.
THIS is a concise, accurate, and interesting little manual, written by one who is evidently a master of the subject of phonetics, and knows how to communicate information. Nowhere have we seen so good ...
When you see Japan’s PISA scores and world ranking, you might be impressed by Japanese education’s success in the world. But when you look at English test scores, Japan’s scores are less impressive ...
LONDON TIMES -- NEW YORK TIMES.Special Cable. Copyright, 1906.G. BERNARD SHAW TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About ...
Professor William Labov, a University of Pennsylvania linguist and author of the new book Atlas of North American English Phonetics, Phonology and Sound Change, says there is a shift of vowel sounds ...