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Chen, Wenkai – English Language Teaching, 2013
Intonation is the melody and soul of speech, and plays an important role in oral communication. Nevertheless, the acquisition of English intonation by Chinese EFL learners is far from being satisfactory. It is found by empirical study that the main problems existing in acquiring English rising tone are improper placement of nucleus stress, failure…
Descriptors: Intonation, Second Language Learning, Phonology, Oral Language
Abu-Ali, Beth, Ed.; Bruch, Julie, Ed. – 1988
Fourteen original research papers by faculty and students of the Linguistics Department and other related departments of the University of Kansas are presented. The titles and authors are as follows: "A Kinesic Approach to Understanding Communication and Context in Japanese" (Bruch); "Correlations between the Three Level Tones and…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Anthropological Linguistics, Body Language, Canada Natives