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The Phonemic Approach: Its Uses and Value
Author(s) -
Hall Robert A.
Publication year - 1946
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.1540-4781.1946.tb04872.x
Subject(s) - imitation , linguistics , phonetics , psychology , tone (literature) , value (mathematics) , class (philosophy) , humanities , art , philosophy , computer science , epistemology , social psychology , machine learning
Author's Summary— Phonetics and its application to language teaching have enabled us to aim at accurate hearing and imitation; a further development of phonetics, phonemics , “essentializes” and “functionalizes” our understanding of sound‐patterns and furnishes the basis for a revised approach to grammatical structure.) Scene : A second‐year French class. Teacher : Lisez, s'il vous plait, M. Jones. Johnny Jones (slowly and painfully): Bar mer deet ler vyerz matoo ong mongtraynong voo ong vayrayz byang dohtrayz. Teacher (inwardly): Mon Dieu! (outwardly) Traduisez, s'il vous plait. Jones : Sir? Oh! Bah, said to me the old … er … Teacher : Tom‐cat. Jones : In entraining me … Teacher : Leading me away … Jones : You will see the others well.