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Alex's phonetic thoughts: February 2014
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ˈɡʊd /tiːʔtʃɪŋ ɪz ˈmɔːr ə ɡɪvɪŋ əv raɪʔ /kwestʃənz ðən ə ˈɡɪvɪŋ əv raɪt ɑːntsəz (Josef Albers). Wednesday, 26 February 2014. A couple of 'screenshots' of my book. I thought my readers might find it useful to have a look at some of the pages from my newly published book. Before they decide whether they want to buy it or not. So here goes. Below you can see pp. 90-91, where I discuss stress placement in English words and in frequent Italian medical terms. Please note the following abbreviations:. As you pr...
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Alex's phonetic thoughts: Standard British accent?
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ˈɡʊd /tiːʔtʃɪŋ ɪz ˈmɔːr ə ɡɪvɪŋ əv raɪʔ /kwestʃənz ðən ə ˈɡɪvɪŋ əv raɪt ɑːntsəz (Josef Albers). Wednesday, 30 July 2014. Is an Italian magazine written in English and aimed at EFL students. For several years now it's had its own website. Where videos are posted of interviews with all sorts of English native speakers. Even world-famous linguist David Crystal has more than once contributed to the magazine: listen to the free podcasts here. One of this month's clips (and articles). And having a beer. And th...
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Alex's phonetic thoughts: The sounds of languages
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ˈɡʊd /tiːʔtʃɪŋ ɪz ˈmɔːr ə ɡɪvɪŋ əv raɪʔ /kwestʃənz ðən ə ˈɡɪvɪŋ əv raɪt ɑːntsəz (Josef Albers). Monday, 24 November 2014. The sounds of languages. The phonetics book you can see here to the left,. I suoni delle lingue, i suoni dell'italiano. 3rd edition), was published less than a month ago by Il Mulino. 3rd edition, 2002; Carocci). It contains interesting information concerning (Standard) Italian connected speech, as when, for example, at its page 64, the word cioè. That is (to say). Unfortunately, the ...
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Alex's phonetic thoughts: April 2013
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ˈɡʊd /tiːʔtʃɪŋ ɪz ˈmɔːr ə ɡɪvɪŋ əv raɪʔ /kwestʃənz ðən ə ˈɡɪvɪŋ əv raɪt ɑːntsəz (Josef Albers). Monday, 8 April 2013. Have you ever considered wrtiting the French word événement. I think my French teacher at school would have corrected me if I'd written it with a grave accent on the second e. But I recently learned that both spellings are perfectly acceptable in modern French. The Académie Française has even made it clear that the spelling évènement. People nowadays usually say evɛn(ə)mɑ̃. This means tha...
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Alex's phonetic thoughts: March 2013
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ˈɡʊd /tiːʔtʃɪŋ ɪz ˈmɔːr ə ɡɪvɪŋ əv raɪʔ /kwestʃənz ðən ə ˈɡɪvɪŋ əv raɪt ɑːntsəz (Josef Albers). Monday, 25 March 2013. On page 313 of Practical Phonetics and Phonology, 3rd edition. 8230;] You have to keep your wits about you when using web resources…". What do you make of this language panel, for example, which I found posted on the Facebook page of a local English language school? As you know, all the words spelt wh-. Above are normally pronounced with plain w. Watch this video clip. LIKE if you get it...
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Alex's phonetic thoughts: April 2014
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ˈɡʊd /tiːʔtʃɪŋ ɪz ˈmɔːr ə ɡɪvɪŋ əv raɪʔ /kwestʃənz ðən ə ˈɡɪvɪŋ əv raɪt ɑːntsəz (Josef Albers). Wednesday, 23 April 2014. Cruttenden's 'extra' weak forms. In Cruttenden's new Gimson's Pronunciation of English. A) the very common an. As in The man from the. As in He did it himself. On page 275, Cruttenden rightly states that in English common uses of reduced forms involve auxiliary verb plus not. NB: From now onwards, posts on this blog will be offered only in English. Wednesday, 16 April 2014. Zanichelli...
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Alex's phonetic thoughts: February 2013
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ˈɡʊd /tiːʔtʃɪŋ ɪz ˈmɔːr ə ɡɪvɪŋ əv raɪʔ /kwestʃənz ðən ə ˈɡɪvɪŋ əv raɪt ɑːntsəz (Josef Albers). Monday, 4 February 2013. Practical Phonetics and Phonology 3. Practical Phonetics and Phonology. The book also has a newly revamped companion website. Featuring a number of additional exercises, an interactive flashcard glossary resource to test students' knowledge of essential terminology, free audio files. To valuable resources available on the world wide web. Many thanks again to the authors and to Rout...
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Alex's phonetic thoughts: Health Care Professionals Speaking
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ˈɡʊd /tiːʔtʃɪŋ ɪz ˈmɔːr ə ɡɪvɪŋ əv raɪʔ /kwestʃənz ðən ə ˈɡɪvɪŋ əv raɪt ɑːntsəz (Josef Albers). Thursday, 10 December 2015. Health Care Professionals Speaking. Y new book is finally out! If you wish to lo ok inside it, click on 'sfoglia' on this. What famous authors from the world of phonetics and medicine think about it:. Emeritus Professor of Phonetics. University College London, UK. The material is organised around a number of realistic dialogues in clinical settings: admission to hospital, pain, disc...
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