Foreign accent management / / Mythri Srinivasan Menon
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| Autore: |
Menon Mythri Srinivasan
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| Titolo: |
Foreign accent management / / Mythri Srinivasan Menon
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| Pubblicazione: | San Diego, California ; ; Oxford, England ; ; Brisbane, [Australia] : , : Plural Publishing Inc., , 2007 |
| ©2007 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (335 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 428.2/4 |
| Soggetto topico: | English language |
| English language - Accents and accentuation | |
| English language - Pronunciation by foreign speakers | |
| English language - Spoken English | |
| Oral communication | |
| English language - Phonetics | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface: An Immigrant's Perspective; Introduction; 1. Communication: He Said, She Said, and Finally They Said!; 2. Oral-Motor Movements: Lip and Tongue Antics; 3. Language and Speech: Nuts and Bolts; 4. Phonetic Transcription: The "DNA" of the International Phonetic Alphabet; 5. Speech Sounds: Vowels; 6. Speech Sounds: Consonants; 7. Accent on Accents; 8. Auditory Discrimination: The Art of Listening; 9. Intonation: The Music of Language; 10. NonverbalCommunication: The Mime of Language; 11. Pronunciation: Eloquently Speaking |
| 12. Conversation: Strategies for SuccessConclusion: Some Final Thoughts . . . and a Look Ahead; Postscript: Musings of an Immigrant; Glossary; References and Suggested Reading; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This guide to the management of accents for non-native speakers of the English language of European, African, Asian, or Indian origin compiles numerous valuable techniques in Speech-Language Pathology that have been in use for many years along with practical ideas gathered from workshops, tutoring, and speech therapy practice. While this book will not erase one's accent, it can increase the readers awareness of accent modification and provide the tools and techniques to enhance and manage one's accent long-term. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Foreign accent management |
| ISBN: | 1-59756-836-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910797262103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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