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Unit 13 is about pronunciation and phonology, pronunciation is probably the most neglected aspect of learning a language and especially English because of the lack of methodology and training.Phonology is the study, science analysis and classification of the physical properties of sound.There are many aspects to consider such as, intonation, rhythm and stress.
There are many techniques in teaching intonation for example: None sense words,by gesture, humming and singing and the board. We use stress to emphasis a word there are some rules that can help with figuring out what needs to be stressed and what shouldn't be, the unit talks about sound joining too and divides them into 4 elements.
Phonemic alphabet and phonemic symbols are also very important and help in the pronunciation of words.
articulation depends on the complex human anatomy and many factors participate in the act of articulation: the tongue, the larynx,the glottis...etc. Therefor the manner of articulation depends on the difference between sounds either plosive, fricative, nasal, lateral....
