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SOME PRACTICAL PHONETIC SUGGESTIONS FOR THE TEACHERS OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES
Author(s) -
Russell Harry J.
Publication year - 1933
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1933.tb05761.x
Subject(s) - pronunciation , romance languages , linguistics , vowel , romance , psychology , first language , foreign language , computer science , philosophy , psychoanalysis
Author's summary.— An “intelligible pronunciation” of either Spanish or French can be achieved by the average American student provided he be taught the vast phonetic differences existing between the native and the foreign tongue. Such physiological dissimilarities as muscular tension, movement between consonants and vowels, and vowel distortion cannot help but influence his pronunciation of the new language. This can be obviated, however, by careful analysis of the variations that occur.