Speaking clearly. Improving voice and articulation: Фонетический практикум. Фомиченко Л.Г. - 27 стр.

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/zh (sh)/
93. Midas took no measure of pleasure in his treasure.
94. Leisure is usually indicated after a seizure.
95. Jacque’s hat was beige.
96. A surgeon’s decision about an incision is critical.
97. Many see visions with precision in an azure sky.
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U N I T IV
S E C T I O N I
ENGLISH RHYTHM
This is what English phoneticians say about rhythm: «It occa-
sionally happens that a foreign student acquires faultless pronunciation
and even correct intonation, and one wonders what it is that betrays
his non-English origin. It is, in these circumstances, his faulty
rhythm»
1
. «Rhythm and intonation; two features of pronunciation
upon which intelligibility largely rest. The surest way to become unin-
telligible in a language is to distort its natural rhythm»
2
.
In the light of the above quotations the importance of studying
English rhythm systematically and thoroughly is obvious. Many En-
glish authors of books on teaching English recommend teaching rhythm
before teaching intonation. They think, too, that rhythm is best taught
through verse, where because of the requirements of the metre, rhythm
is very regular.
Rhythm is a regular recurrence of some phenomenon in time,
e.g. the rhythm of the tides, the rhythm of the seasons, the rhythm of
the bodily functions, etc.
Speech rhythm is inseparable from the syllabic structure of the
language. There are two main kinds of speech rhythm. As far as it is
known, every language in the world is spoken with one kind of
_________________
1
B.Lumsden Milne. English Speech Rhythm in Theory and Practice.
London, 1957. P. 4.
2
Linguaphone Conversational Course, English. Tartu, 1963. P. 7.
3
Abercrombie D. Elements of General Phonetics. Edinburgh, 1967.
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        /zh (sh)/
        93. Midas took no measure of pleasure in his treasure.
        94. Leisure is usually indicated after a seizure.
        95. Jacque’s hat was beige.
        96. A surgeon’s decision about an incision is critical.
        97. Many see visions with precision in an azure sky.


        U N I T IV

                            SECTION I

                         ENGLISH RHYTHM
       This is what English phoneticians say about rhythm: «It occa-
sionally happens that a foreign student acquires faultless pronunciation
and even correct intonation, and one wonders what it is that betrays
his non-English origin. It is, in these circumstances, his faulty
rhythm»1. «Rhythm and intonation; two features of pronunciation
upon which intelligibility largely rest. The surest way to become unin-
telligible in a language is to distort its natural rhythm»2.
       In the light of the above quotations the importance of studying
English rhythm systematically and thoroughly is obvious. Many En-
glish authors of books on teaching English recommend teaching rhythm
before teaching intonation. They think, too, that rhythm is best taught
through verse, where because of the requirements of the metre, rhythm
is very regular.
       Rhythm is a regular recurrence of some phenomenon in time,
e.g. the rhythm of the tides, the rhythm of the seasons, the rhythm of
the bodily functions, etc.
       Speech rhythm is inseparable from the syllabic structure of the
language. There are two main kinds of speech rhythm. As far as it is
known, every language in the world is spoken with one kind of
_________________

       B.Lumsden Milne. English Speech Rhythm in Theory and Practice.
        1

London, 1957. P. 4.
     2
       Linguaphone Conversational Course, English. Tartu, 1963. P. 7.
     3
       Abercrombie D. Elements of General Phonetics. Edinburgh, 1967.

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