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If Phonetics is a comparatively recent subject for European students of foreign languages and is eyed by them with some suspicion as an invention that is meant to make their studies difficult, it is even more so with English Phonetics for African students. Have not Africans been learning English for over a century, and with good results in many cases, without giving a thought to its phonetics? Why introduce this new subject and add to the number of books they have to read and the number of examinations they have to pass before they can get their degree ?
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© 1959 Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands
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Siertsema, B. (1959). Introduction. In: A Test in Phonetics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7752-8_1
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