Articulatory settings in het Nederlands en in het Tsjechisch

This article discusses the phenomenon of articulatory settings in phonetics and in pronunciation teaching as a useful tool for the improvement of pronunciation of intermediate and advanced Czech learners of Dutch. The author focuses on the comparison of the articulatory settings of Dutch - both of the Northern and the Southern standard varieties - and Standard Czech. The internal articulatory settings are analyzed based on the comparison of the sound statistics of the languages in question and on scientific literature. The description of the external settings is mainly based on the scientific... Mehr ...