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Peer reviewedTaylor, C. V. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Ambiguity, English (Second Language), Oral English, Phonology
Download full textTaylor, C. V. – AATEFL Newsletter, 1971
Pronunciation of some sounds in Australian English causes ambiguities in cases where phonemes seem to have merged. This paper discusses some of the ambiguities arising from phonemic changes and provides examples of pronunciation variations in British and Australian English--mainly in vowels, but also in consonants and syllabification. Several…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics
