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phonology tutorial?

From:dirk elzinga <dirk.elzinga@...>
Date:Friday, February 25, 2000, 20:41
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, And Rosta wrote:

> I don't feel particularly competent to essay a tutorial. I think we're > better off learning from practice in our discussions on this list. I will > endeavour to clarify my previous message on Amman-Iar. It was incredibly > stupid of me, but it simply did not occur to me than anyone would not understand > it! (I seem to have some kind of quasiautistic disability whose > effect is to make me unreflectingly and irrationally assume that if I > understand something then all other people of equal or greater intelligence > do too.) At least it shows that the 'professionals' on this list respect their > 'amateur' colleagues as peers!
I agree with And; phonology is best acquired by doing and practicing, rather than by trying to assimilate large chunks of expository writing. Dirk -- Dirk Elzinga dirk.elzinga@m.cc.utah.edu