Is it just me, or are there a lot of linguists whose pronunciation of a second language isn't great?
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Is it just me, or are there a lot of linguists whose pronunciation of a second language isn't great? They tend to be great at grammar and have broad vocabulary, but over the years I've come across a surprising number of actual, professional linguists whose Japanese pronunciation is just not very good. #linguistics
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Is it just me, or are there a lot of linguists whose pronunciation of a second language isn't great? They tend to be great at grammar and have broad vocabulary, but over the years I've come across a surprising number of actual, professional linguists whose Japanese pronunciation is just not very good. #linguistics
@RachelThornSub quite possible
but then, is it great pronunciation a reasonable goal for them? idk, I don't want to sound obviously German in my other languages, but I also don't want to sound like a native speaker when I can't behave like a native speaker
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@RachelThornSub quite possible
but then, is it great pronunciation a reasonable goal for them? idk, I don't want to sound obviously German in my other languages, but I also don't want to sound like a native speaker when I can't behave like a native speaker
@zombiecide Well, since pronunciation is a huge aspect of language, my feeling is that anyone learning a second language should strive to pronounce it the way it's pronounced by natives.
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@zombiecide Well, since pronunciation is a huge aspect of language, my feeling is that anyone learning a second language should strive to pronounce it the way it's pronounced by natives.
@RachelThornSub why though? why can't we be competent bi- or multilinguals?
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@RachelThornSub why though? why can't we be competent bi- or multilinguals?
@zombiecide I'm talking about linguists, who job is understanding all aspects of language.
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Is it just me, or are there a lot of linguists whose pronunciation of a second language isn't great? They tend to be great at grammar and have broad vocabulary, but over the years I've come across a surprising number of actual, professional linguists whose Japanese pronunciation is just not very good. #linguistics
@RachelThornSub I assumed they made you study the phonetic alphabet, and that way people learnt how words sound. How can you translate wordplay then?
Maybe they're out there thinking bomb rhymes with tomb! -
@zombiecide I'm talking about linguists, who job is understanding all aspects of language.
@RachelThornSub oh. I thought their job was to understand specific aspects very well, and that the ones that claim to have the theory of everything are crooks
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Is it just me, or are there a lot of linguists whose pronunciation of a second language isn't great? They tend to be great at grammar and have broad vocabulary, but over the years I've come across a surprising number of actual, professional linguists whose Japanese pronunciation is just not very good. #linguistics
@RachelThornSub I was married to a classicist for 20 years, so had some exposure to linguistics that way. I think many linguists are all about the grammar, vocabulary, history, function, etc. of language, and personal fluency in a given language (some linguists know several) is sometimes not very high on the list of priorities.
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