An experiment to see if learning foreign language pronunciation can be learned simply by reading words on paper with no coaching from fluent speaker. Applicable to learning extinct American Indian language. <> Generally, as judged by fluent speakers listening to those who attempt to pronounce Modern Greek words-- cannot well approximate the native speaker for accuracy. Comes from personal experience with Modern Greek and German in 1960s Europe, University Russian, and possibly Pig Latin or non-standard American English dialects among Peasants in Rhode Island. Try experiment yourself. Need a fluent speaker of modern Greek as "Judge" of non-Greek speakers. There are available normative standards used in some Bilingual school systems in NYC and elsewhere for scoring protocols and data analysis. WWW can possibly locate such. NOTE1: the phonetic Greek prepared by me and fluent Modern Greek colleague.
NOTE2: could do same experiment with any other languages.
NOTE3: Applicable for learning to speak extinct American Indian languages of southern New England, USA. Here is no fluent speaker to judge "accuracy." Shows how hard it is to mimic Silent sounds lost to the Winds of Time.
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It's Greek to me. It's Indian to me: A linguistics experiment
An experiment to see if learning foreign language pronunciation can be learned simply by reading words on paper with no coaching from fluent speaker. Applicable to learning extinct American Indian language. <> Generally, as judged by fluent speakers listening to those who attempt to pronounce Modern Greek words-- cannot well approximate the native speaker for accuracy. Comes from personal experience with Modern Greek and German in 1960s Europe, University Russian, and possibly Pig Latin or non-standard American English dialects among Peasants in Rhode Island. Try experiment yourself. Need a fluent speaker of modern Greek as "Judge" of non-Greek speakers. There are available normative standards used in some Bilingual school systems in NYC and elsewhere for scoring protocols and data analysis. WWW can possibly locate such. NOTE1: the phonetic Greek prepared by me and fluent Modern Greek colleague.
NOTE2: could do same experiment with any other languages.
NOTE3: Applicable for learning to speak extinct American Indian languages of southern New England, USA. Here is no fluent speaker to judge "accuracy." Shows how hard it is to mimic Silent sounds lost to the Winds of Time.
An experiment to see if learning foreign language pronunciation can be learned simply by reading words on paper with no coaching from fluent speaker. Applicable to learning extinct American Indian language. <> Generally, as judged by fluent speakers listening to those who attempt to pronounce Modern Greek words-- cannot well approximate the native speaker for accuracy. Comes from personal experience with Modern Greek and German in 1960s Europe, University Russian, and possibly Pig Latin or non-standard American English dialects among Peasants in Rhode Island. Try experiment yourself. Need a fluent speaker of modern Greek as "Judge" of non-Greek speakers. There are available normative standards used in some Bilingual school systems in NYC and elsewhere for scoring protocols and data analysis. WWW can possibly locate such. NOTE1: the phonetic Greek prepared by me and fluent Modern Greek colleague.
NOTE2: could do same experiment with any other languages.
NOTE3: Applicable for learning to speak extinct American Indian languages of southern New England, USA. Here is no fluent speaker to judge "accuracy." Shows how hard it is to mimic Silent sounds lost to the Winds of Time.