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Compares the sounds, phonology, and prosody of General American English and Southeastern Brazilian Portuguese.

ISBN-13: 9780878400829

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Georgetown University Press

Publication Date: 01-01-1981

Pages: 124

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 6.00(d)

Age Range: 18 Years

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Phonological description 1
1.3 Contrastive analysis and foreign language acquisition 6
1.4 Acknowledgments 7
2 The Sounds of Portuguese 9
2.1 Introduction 9
2.2 Vowels 9
2.3 Vowel reduction 12
2.3.1 The lower mid vowels 12
2.3.2 Other vowels 13
2.4 Diphthongs and triphthongs 17
2.5 Nasalization 23
2.6 Consonants 28
2.6.1 Phonetic realization of consonants 31
2.7 Syllable types 37
3 The Sounds of English 41
3.1 Introduction 41
3.2 Syllabic nuclei 41
3.2.1 Vowel reduction 45
3.3 Consonants 47
3.3.1 Phonetic realization of consonants 49
3.4 Syllable types 55
4 Comparison of Phonological Units 57
4.1 Introduction 57
4.2 Portuguese vowels vs. English vowels 58
4.3 Portuguese vowels and falling diphthongs vs. English syllable nuclei 59
4.3.1 Portuguese /i/ vs. English /i/ and /t/ 59
4.3.2 Portuguese /e/, /ei/ vs. English /e/ 60
4.3.3 Portuguese /e/, /[varepsilon]/ vs. English /[varepsilon]/, /ae/ 61
4.3.4 Portuguese /a/ vs. English /a/, /[Lambda]/ 62
4.3.5 Portuguese /ai/, /au/ vs. English /ay/, /aw/ 63
4.3.6 Portuguese /[characters not reproducible]s. English /[characters not reproducible] 64
4.3.7 Portuguese /o/, /ou/ vs. English /o/ 64
4.3.8 Portuguese /[characters not reproducible]/oi/ vs. English /[characters not reproducible] Portuguese /[characters not reproducible]/ei/ vs. English /e/ 65
4.3.9 Portuguese /u/ vs. English /u/, /[characters not reproducible] 66
4.3.10 Portuguese diphthongs without counterparts in English 67
4.3.11 Portuguese diphthongs formed by vowel + /l/ 67
4.4 Portuguese rising diphthongs and triphthongs vs. English consonant + vowel or diphthong 68
4.5 Unstressed vowels 69
4.6 Portuguese nasal vowels and diphthongs vs. English vowel + nasal consonant 71
4.7 Portuguese consonants vs. English consonants 72
4.7.1 Comparison of consonantal phonemes 74
5 Comparison of Phonological Sequences 81
5.1 Introduction 81
5.2 Transition phenomena 81
5.3 vowel sequences 84
5.4 Consonant sequences 86
5.5 Consonant + vowel sequences 89
5.5.1 /n/ + vowel 89
5.5.2 /r/ + vowel 90
5.5.3 /l/ + vowel 90
5.5.4 /s/ + vowel 90
5.6 Postnuclear sequences 90
6 Prosody 92
6.1 Introduction 92
6.2 Stress 92
6.3 Pitch and sentence stress 95
6.4 Intonation patterns 98
6.4.1 Statement patterns: Ptg. (1) 2 1 [down arrow], (1) 2+ 1 [down arrow]; Eng. (2) 3 1 [down arrow] 98
6.4.2 Yes/no questions: Ptg. (1) 2 2+ [up arrow], Eng. (1) 2 3 [up arrow] 101
6.4.3 Questions with interrogative words: Ptg. (1) 2 1 [down arrow]; Eng. 2 3 1 [down arrow] 102
6.4.4 Greetings: Ptg. 2 1 [down arrow], 2 2 [down arrow], 1 2 1 [down arrow], 2 3 1 [down arrow]; Eng. 2 3 1 [down arrow], 2 3 1 [up arrow] 103
6.4.5 Contrastive statements: Ptg. (1) 2 3 1 [down arrow]; Eng. (1) 2 4 1 [down arrow] 104
6.4.6 Sequences: Ptg. (1) 2 [rgiht arrow] 2 [right arrow] 1 [down arrow], (1) 2 [up arrow], 2 [up arrow], 1 [down arrow]; Eng. (2) 3 [right arrow] 3 [right arrow] 3 1 [down arrow]; 2 [up arrow] 2 [up arrow] 3 1 [down arrow] 105
References 109