As we know phonology is the study of the
sounds, but also it takes into account following the organs:
Phoneme that is the smallest unit of sound,
word stress which
indicates where a syllable
has more energy. The alphabet divided into vowels, diphthongs and consonants. However, it can divide into two when we refer
to voiced sounds (with
vibration) and unvoiced
or voiceless sounds (without vibration). An important sound is schwa/ə/ that has tendency to
even disappear. Also, stress
is classified into main stress and secondary stress. They show the place of
energy. I believe that phonology is very important and necessary when we are
acquiring a second language, to pronounce in the correct way can help to
achieve easier the language. In a statement is necessary to maintain intonation and rythm.
For example: some languages are stress-fixed so the stress falls in the same place on every word. However other languages like English have a set of rules which governs where stress falls.It is useful to look at all languages, including endangered languages, to ascertain the limits of variation permitted. THis allows us to discover what the phonological systems of human minds can and cannot do.
The English language is not written phonetically and this causes many pronounciation problems for students when they encounter new language even though if it is linking. There are excellent books and a good one will always give the pronounciation of the word in the phonetic script. Teaching the phonetic script to students thus gives them access to the pronounciation of a word without the need to hear a model example from a native speaker and it involves great learning autonomy.
REFERENCES FOR ADITTIONAL INFORMATION
- YouTube,. (2015) .Intro to Phonology: Phonemes & Allophones. Retrieved 23 April 2015, from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTCx2hCxvHQ
- Lass Roger,. (1998) Phonology. Retrieved 23 April 2015, from: https://books.google.com.ec/books?id=aTsAt3D6H58C&printsec=frontcover&dq=phonology&hl=es&sa=X&ei=vhI7VeDxLILTggTv9oCQCA&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=phonology&f=false
- Nathan Geoffrey,. (2008) Phonology: A Cognitive grammar instruction. Retrieved 23 April 2015, from: https://books.google.com.ec/books?id=gTVGb9pv2mAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=phonology&hl=es&sa=X&ei=vhI7VeDxLILTggTv9oCQCA&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=phonology&f=false
I agree with you because as we know phonology is the study of sounds and it is very important at the moment to acquire a second language and it help us to acquire the correct pronunciation, the intonation, stress and so on, but we have to be very carefully to use the correct intonation and stress because if we do not use it correctly people can misunderstand our ideas.
ResponderEliminarthis information is essential for us because we as teachers have to pronounce the words correctly because we have studied this subject so we should have a good pronunciation in order to avoid misunderstandings.
ResponderEliminarthis information is essential for us because we as teachers have to pronounce the words correctly because we have studied this subject so we should have a good pronunciation in order to avoid misunderstandings.
ResponderEliminarI agree with you. Phonology is very important for us at the moment to acquire a second language because phonology helps us to know what are the correct pronunciation of letters, vowels and words, also intonation and stress. For that, we as future teacher must teach learnes how to pronounce well the wrods.
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