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【原创】Short Explanations: Stress the crest, forget the rest.
1. Local or regional accent should preferably be modified since Canadian English is sometimes considered as a hybrid English according to literature. A "good" example is "tire centre", mixing BrE and AmE spellings. Spoken-language-wise. If we are not striving for best pronunciation, why bother?; G( }# V1 N+ p' z! [: X$ M
* T7 F# w0 u% I9 f- a% \! }2. In English, if I remember correctly, there are about 80 disyllabic words following the pattern of stress shift as mentioned. The rule is: “Stress the crest, forget the rest.”2 ^ T+ H9 w! N+ P
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3. This is an influence from the Chinese Ru4sheng (entering tone) which is kept in some non-common-speech languages.! D& W3 ]0 f) l1 m# D" e
9 b5 L6 e, W7 e/ q0 V; {4. Vocoids (vowels) are for auditory comprehension while consoids (consonants) are for visual comprehension. (Interested readers are advised to refer to O’Connor, J. D. (1967). Better English pronunciation. London, England: Cambridge U.P.).
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5. Refer to #4 above. Here is an example. When one says: “Please give me a piece of pie,” one may write it down as pls gv m pcef pi, as personified shorthand using mainly consoids only. Good for note taking, but needs practice as well.
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6. Please strive for both accuracy and fluency. Any improper language one uses does nothing but reveals the level of the user. If the speaker is not careful, the listener is.$ e# M( E" e" C3 ~ I& l% ?
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In a nutshell, please pay more attention to suprasegmental phonemes, than to segmental phonemes. (Interested readers are advised to refer to Gimson, A. C. (1962). An introduction to the pronunciation of English. London, England: E. Arnold.).
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Pretty good summary, Wonton, very tasty (a joke)!% S/ p& U G6 m! D
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