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J.M. Levis, Intelligibility, Oral Communication, and the Teaching of Pronunciation, Cambridge Applied Linguistics Series, Vol. 27, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2018

J.M. Levis, Intelligibility, Oral Communication, and the Teaching of Pronunciation, Cambridge... Globalization has had many notable effects on communication in the past decades. Two of them are: firstly, that English has become a major lingua franca for conducting business, gaining education, and engaging in social interaction, and secondly, that in these communication situations, “many, if not most, interactions in English around the world take place without the involvement of a native speaker” (p. 3). Furthermore, compared to other levels of language such as syntax and morphology, pronunciation is, according to most empirical evidence, the make-it-or-break-it factor when it comes to informationally and socially successful conversations among non-native (L2) speakers of English as well as between L2 speakers and native (L1) speakers. In other words, globalization of economics and the media have given a new meaning to the research and teaching of phonological and phonetic issues. It is against this background that the monograph of John M. Levis was written. With a focus on English, its chapters are built around questions like:How should the fact that most oral communication in the world today takes place between L2 speakers shape the research and training of phonological and phonetic issues?How can we determine the relative importance of segmental and prosodic features for speech http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Phonetica Karger

J.M. Levis, Intelligibility, Oral Communication, and the Teaching of Pronunciation, Cambridge Applied Linguistics Series, Vol. 27, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2018

Phonetica , Volume 77 (4): 5 – Jul 1, 2020

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Karger
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© 2019 S. Karger AG, Basel
ISSN
0031-8388
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1423-0321
DOI
10.1159/000499609
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Abstract

Globalization has had many notable effects on communication in the past decades. Two of them are: firstly, that English has become a major lingua franca for conducting business, gaining education, and engaging in social interaction, and secondly, that in these communication situations, “many, if not most, interactions in English around the world take place without the involvement of a native speaker” (p. 3). Furthermore, compared to other levels of language such as syntax and morphology, pronunciation is, according to most empirical evidence, the make-it-or-break-it factor when it comes to informationally and socially successful conversations among non-native (L2) speakers of English as well as between L2 speakers and native (L1) speakers. In other words, globalization of economics and the media have given a new meaning to the research and teaching of phonological and phonetic issues. It is against this background that the monograph of John M. Levis was written. With a focus on English, its chapters are built around questions like:How should the fact that most oral communication in the world today takes place between L2 speakers shape the research and training of phonological and phonetic issues?How can we determine the relative importance of segmental and prosodic features for speech

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PhoneticaKarger

Published: Jul 1, 2020

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