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Download full textMueller, Theodore – 1974
The English speaker learning French tends to interpret the sound characteristics of the second language according to English conventions. The term "sound characteristics" as used here refers to the phonetic aspects, the rhythm, and the intonation of French. A number of examples are given to support the theory that insufficient knowledge of these…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Differences, English, French
