Characterizes and evaluates the various transcriptions based on the Received Pronunciation (RP) model of Daniel Jones (A. C. Gimson 1962, J. W. Lewis 1972 and A. C. Gimson 1977). (IFS/WGA)

Critiques Fleming's proposed alternative to Rubenstein's evidence for phonemic encoding. This reanalysis strengthens the evidence for phonemic encoding and suggests that Fleming's "alternative" should be considered as another source of variance affecting recognition, not as a mutually exclusive alternative to phonemic encoding. (HOD)

Describes what happens phonetically when the posterior A-vowel in French loses its phonemic significance. Posterior /A/ and anterior /a/ are contrasted using new information on the current phonetic status of this vowel. (NCR)

Investigates whether children can use partial information to learn the pronunciations of Chinese characters. Children learned to pronounce more regular characters, which contain full information about pronunciation, and more tone-different and onset-different characters, which contain partial information about pronunciation, than characters with…

Explores data regarding the elision and epenthesis of the Spanish intervocalic /y/ and the underspecification of Spanish vowels and semivowels. Results lead to the proposal that such elision results from the Obligatory Contour Principle, operating on an autosegmental tier defining front vowels and /y/. (56 references) (CB)

An analysis is made of research focusing on how speaking and listening activities are relevant to the language classroom. Current thinking is reviewed on spoken language, with a focus on pronunciation, as a medium of information transfer and of interpersonal exchange. (66 references) (GLR)

Questions the importance of the alternation in Received Pronunciation (RP) between clear and dark "l" in English-as-a-Second-Language pronunciation textbooks. The characteristics of the phoneme in non-RP accents are examined as well as three other allophones of "l"--vocalic, absorbed, and dropped. (Author/CB)

Argues for the relevance of the schema theoretic approach to the acquisition of first- and second-language phonology. (42 references) (JL)

Investigates an aspect of child phonology and consonant harmony, and inquires whether representational or processing deficits are responsible for its occurrence. (36 references) (GLR)

Examines the question of the distinctive nature of communication in Australia. Discusses nonverbal messages, gender concerns, historical influences on communication, the Australian accent, communication with indigenous persons, communication apprehension, and classroom communication. Argues that Australians' communication is relatively similar to…

Discusses some of the segmental and suprasegmental features that give Swazi English a unique accent. (Author/VWL)

Investigated English vowel lengths between Americans and Koreans when they speak English sentences. Koreans showed a foreign accent in their English pronunciation of vowels in relation to their utterance positions. Americans showed a final lengthening effect, but Koreans showed a final shortening effect. (Author/VWL)

Uses data from both sides of the U.S.-Canada border to test a model regarding the way language changes diffuse over space. Two cases are examined: the non-diffusion of phonetic features from Detroit to Windsor and the gradual infiltration into Canadian English of American foreign (a) pronunciations. (Author/VWL)

Discusses two conflicting hypotheses concerning the nature of the New Zealand English short vowel system. Concludes that both hypotheses are to a certain extent wrong and to a certain extent correct. (Author/VWL)

Focuses on vocalization of /l/ in nine Australian and New Zealand cities. Discusses an instrument designed to include all relevant phonological environments; demonstrates the strategic potential of moving from a unilocality to a multilocality sociolinguistics; conceptualizes a variationist isogloss; and proposes a conception of geography that…