Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id hBIDccm27316; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 08:38:39 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 08:38:39 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <BC070942.529F%varshna@grandecom.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Varshna Narumanchi-Jackson <varshna@grandecom.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9730] Re: voiced or unvoiced S, pronunciation of X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Status: O Content-Length: 2170 Lines: 56 I would like to think that an intense focus on phonics has had much to do with this trend but I haven't anything more than anecdote to back up my suspicions. Anyone care to comment on the influence of reading instruction methods on pronunciation trends/shifts? Thanks, Varshna. on 12/17/03 9:35 PM, Corinne Moran at cmoranmv@gis.net wrote: > Hello, > I am a teacher of English as a Second Language and have been a Speech > Teacher. The 'w' in sword is silent in American English, just as the 'b' in > doubt is silent. There are others. You simply say the word as if the letter > were not there. > As far as I am concerned, correct pronunciation would have the 's' in > the words you mentioned pronounced as a 'z' sound. I know it is harder to > pronounce it that way, and we tend to take the easy way. When I teach, I > teach the correct way. I know however, there are many people who do not > follow that rule. Certainly, professional narrators on tapes should model > correct pronunciation. Personally, I hate to see what is happening to our > pronunciation. I may be in the minority, however. > Corinne > > ---------- >> From: çÇã¥Å@î¸íˆéq <applepie@minos.ocn.ne.jp> >> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> >> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9728] voiced or unvoiced S, pronunciation of sword. >> Date: Wed, Dec 17, 2003, 7:37 PM >> > >> Hello, list members, >> >> In the words "sword, swordsman" "w" isn't pronounced, or so it says in the >> dictionaries. The dictionaries give a special caution as to its >> pronunciation, saying "w" sound is not pronounced. >> >> One of the NHK English programs says there is a trend in which "w" is >> pronounced, especially in American English. How true is it? What is your >> observation? Is there any recent research on this? >> >> I have also observed and been hearing "dogs, please, trees" pronounced with >> the last "S" sounds unvoiced. I know sometimes it's kind of hard to say >> dogZ. >> DogS , unvoiced consonant is easier, but I hear more and more professional >> narrators on the tapes and CDs say treeS instead of treeZ. >> >> Is this another trend? >> >> Mitsuko >> Japan >> > >
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