# The Sounds of Language

Explains that each language has its own sound system of characteristic intonation patterns, rhythms, stresses, and sounds and points out that a problem in learning a second language is the tendency to carry over sound patterns of one's native speech. Compares the sound features of various languages and explains the concept of phonemic contrasts

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1957
- By: Modern Language Association of America
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/thesoundsoflanguage)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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