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| Autor: | Kirk Terry |
| E-mail: | não-disponível |
| Data: | 25/JUL/2002 11:52 AM |
| Assunto: | Re: Pronunciation of the article |
| Mensagem: | In North American English (or any other English I've heard), the only time you would use the [ey] pronunciation would be in stressing the indefinite nature of the noun modified. He is _a_ coach, not _the_ coach. (He is a coach, but not the coach that the speaker is referring to in preceding conversation.) She is _a_ teacher, not _the_ teacher. (Same thing.) In these phrases, "the" is pronounced [thi:] instead of unstressed schwa. Also, it's totally common to hear both of these articles unstressed as vowels, yet stressed as words. These are the only instances of the [ey] pronunciation I can think of. I would advise students to never pronounce it this way. Hope that helps. Regards, Kirk (Chicago, Illinois) |
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Pronunciation of the article "A&a – José Roberto 
23/JUL/2002, 12:26 PM 
Re: Pronunciation of the article – Kirk Terry 25/JUL/2002, 11:52 AM Re: Pronunciation of the article – José Roberto 26/JUL/2002, 9:44 AM