Thanks for this very encouraging comment.We will continue producing linguistics E-lectures and will try as hard as possible to satisfy the needs of students and colleagues from all over the world. JH
I appreciate the effort that you place in the series of videos regarding linguistics. They have proven to be very helpful to me in my studies. My teacher Dr. Castillo used these videos in his class as a learning aid, during the summer and they helped to enhance the lectures. I also watch them in my spear time. THANKS VERY MUCH. Keep up the Good work.
I earnestly praise you Sir for your selfless endeavor which benefit countless people, not only anglophones, but also folks like me who am acquiring English as a second language. I personally consider British English to be more understandable than American English, as when American native speakers speak so hasty that is hard to keep up with them.
I found this video to be very helpful. Introduction to linguistics (particularily phonology) has proven to be quite challenging. This video has helped a lot. I know feel at ease. Keep them coming!
My suggestion is simple: Compare the Spanish and the English systems of monophthongs (Spanish ahs 5, RP 12, AmE 12/13) and record some native speakers of Spanish. For example, you could compare the high vowels [i] and [u], judge them impressionistically or by means of spectrographic investigation and you will find the Spanish speakers will not manage the offglide that is part of the English high vowels. ... just a suggestion.The VLC global access has several units that could help.
Thank you very much Dear Professor ... i was confused recently by differences between phonemes and phonetics!you just solve them all!Thank you very much..keep going...
I realize you probably don't care anymore but so far as I have been able to gather, it is a written symbol that has at least one distinct sound associated with it. Multiple allophones can be within the umbrella of one phoneme. Kind of what he is getting at with the multiple pronunciations of /l/. /l/ is the phoneme and all those different ways of pronouncing it are allophones of /l/. Hope that helps.
I am taking a Linguistics class and we are studying phonology. I'm having trouble with features. Do you guys have videos or lessons on that? These have helped me a lot so far!
Hello! I am from Panama in central America! I have a BA in English and I am not taking a master's degree in methodology. But see, I took phonetics when I was taking myt BA years ago but the professor was very lazy and was always absent so I learned nothing. Now that I am taking a master degree we are studying phonology but we began with a review of phonetics which for me is very difficult. My problem is that the professor knows a lot, or well he says that! anyway he asked us to do a research.
dear all, can someone help me with this question. Free variation is the interchangeable relationship between two phones, in which one can substitute the other in the same environment without affecting the meaning. (SIL international). My question is the following: do these two sounds stem from the same phoneme or from differnt phonmes? (in relation to the definition of minimal pairs).
Hamza JATTE In the video The Phoneme Part II, the topic "Free Variation is taken up again!: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-W_o-jA7TvYA.html
Continuing my previous message: the reaserach consits of: --"Investigate a topic of phonology of your interest. Something like for example: "Interference of errors in the pronunciation of voiced consonants in the final position by native Spanish speaker"-- He wants a topic that could ilustrate how the Spanish language interferes with our pronunciation of English BUT I have spent days googling and nothing and I have only two days to let him know my topic for him to aprove it :( Please help me!
