Re: Long vs. short vowels in English

From: Mxsmanic (mxsmanic_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 15:38:43 +0200

John Atkinson writes:

> The main reason for incomprehensibility of foreign accents (including, I'm
> sure, this example) involves failure to acquire the appropriate type and
> pattern of stress. Incorrect phonemisation, even failure to acquire certain
> sounds at all, is a very minor source of problems in comprehension.

For French students, at least, problems with phonemes come first, but
then comes stress. Pitch intonation and overall accent, in contrast,
are unimportant.

> This last is correct, of course. "Elimination" is a silly word to use in
> this context.

I don't think so. Eliminating an accent is always a possibility,
although it requires a lot of work. 

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