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  • The Status of Phonetic Rarities

  • Peter Ladefoged, Daniel Everett
  • Journal:
    Language / Volume 72 / Issue 4 / December 1996
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    19 February 2026, pp. 794-800

  • Most sounds can be described in terms of a standard set of phonological features, or in terms of values of well-known phonetic parameters. But some languages, particularly the smaller endangered languages of the world, also contain many unusual sounds that test our traditional descriptive theories. An example is the dental plosive followed by a bilabial trill, found in the Chapakuran languages. We suggest that there is a set (with fuzzy boundaries) of more common sounds that participate in a wide range of general linguistic processes and another set of rarer sounds that have been observed in only one or two languages.

  • The successful introductory course: Bridging the gap for the nonmajor

  • Cari L. Spring, Michael Flynn, Brian D. Joseph, Rae Moses, Susan Steele, Charlotte Webb
  • Journal:
    Language / Volume 76 / Issue 1 / March 2000
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    19 February 2026, pp. 110-122

  • The introductory linguistics course is the primary antidote that academic linguists can offer to commonly held, yet basically wrong-headed, views about language. It is essential, therefore, that this course be meaningful to the nonmajor student. Through a series of five vignettes, each by a different author and representing a variety of institutional types, we explore options other than ‘baby’ theoretical linguistics to the introductory linguistics course. A fundamental conclusion to these vignettes is that success in reaching the nonmajor turns on taking account of the institutional context and the student population and tailoring courses to be sensitive to these variables. This conclusion is driven home with an administrative view as to why every academic linguist and linguistics program should find the search for a successful introductory course compelling.

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