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Old 16th February 2008, 22:38   #33 (permalink)
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Re: How Thai interfers with learning English

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Originally Posted by wangsuda
In English (UNLIKE THAI), the stress and/or intonation does NOT change the meaning of the word.
There are plenty of words in English where the stress changes the meaning of the word. This doesn't make the language tonal, though. They are just homographs. (permit, record, progress etc)
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