Intonation: Why? A. It shows the relationship of words within and between sentences; B. It tells something about the feeling of the speaker

A Practical Course for Students of English By Wang Guizhen Faculty of English Language & Culture Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

Strong forms & Weak forms Strong forms: stressed forms Weak forms: unstressed forms (schwa / /)

Review of Vowels Three factors for the description of English vowels I. The height of the body of the tongue – highest point of tongue (vertical axis); II. The front-back position of the tongue – highest point of tongue (horizontal axis); III. The degree of lip rounding - lip posture

Vowelsstylised oral cavitycoordinates to marktongue height

English Nasals, Approximants & Lateral(s) The English consonants can be classified according to place of articulation manner of articulation

Why use phonemic symbols? The alphabet which we use to write English has 26 letters but (British) English has 44 sounds. Inevitably, English spelling is not a reliable guide to pronunciation because Some letters have more than one sound Sometimes letters are not pronounced at all The same sound may be represented by different letters

Chapter one 1. Definition of language There is no universally accepted definition of language. But one definition is more popular language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication.(语言是人类用 来交际的具有任意性的语音符号体系。)

小波分析是近十几年才发展起来并迅速应用到图像处理和语音分析等众多领域的一种 数学工具。它是继110多年前的傅立叶(Joseph Fourier)分析之后的一个重大突破,无论是对 古老的自然学科还是对新兴的高新技术应用学科都产生了强烈冲击

8.1键盘及其接口 8.2显示器接口 8.3打印机接口 8.4拨码盘及语音接口