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
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Dirk Elzinga
dirk.elzinga@m.cc.utah.edu