Show BARKER B RETURNS AfTER RESEARCH RESE I To Fill Old Position in Modern Language Department Phonetic Phonetic Phonetic Pho Pho- Work Done The teaching staff of the modern language department of the University University University Uni Uni- of f Utah has been augmented augment augment- ed by the return of Professor James L. L Barker from an au eighteen eighteen- months months' stay in Paris France where he has been conducting intensive intensive in intensive in- in research in the phonetics of modern languages I Professor Barker has been studying studying studying study study- I ing at the special request of the American Modern Language association association association asso asso- which wh is making investigations investigations investigations of the phonetics phonetics' of modern modem languages with the purpose of improving improving improving im im- proving methods of teaching The results of his work will be summarized summarized summarized sum sum- in a paper The Teaching Teaching Teaching Teach Teach- ing of Pronunciation to be delivered delivered delivered ered by him at the association convention convention convention con con- in December at Chicago Ill HI The work has been chiefly concerned concerned concerned con con- with a study of the peculiarities peculiarities peculiar peculiar- of accept and the jaw and lip movements with the end in view of determining the cause and effect of certain differences in vowel and consonant forms The results brought out a certain similarity of ofa a fundamental nature between the Basque the Finnish and the Germanic Germanic Germanic Ger Ger- manic tongues which constitute a single linguistic group They also point to some of the distinctive pe- pe pe pe- of the Germanic an and French languages as spoken by the respective peoples Among these is isto isto isto I to be observed the fact that the Germans tend to slur the pronunciation pronunciation pronunciation of a vowel and a consonant into a sing single e sound while the French are inclined to give each vowel and consonant its separate pronunciation The results of this research Professor Professor Professor Pro Pro- fessor Barker points out will be devoted to increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the modern vari vari- various various various language departments of the ous schools |