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Re: How Thai interfers with learning English
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Originally Posted by Natalie
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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You're right, and I should clarify my remoark. In English, words are not defined by tone (even though some are defined by stress). Stress is merely accenting a part of a word.
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