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Teaching and Learning, 1994, Vol 15, No 1, pp. 98-107. The Features of Singapore English Pronunciation: Implications for Teachers DAVID DETERDING and ROBERT HVITFELDT In this short description of the features of Singapore English Pronunciation (SEP), Standard Southern British (SSB), roughly equivalent to the older term Received Pronunciation (RP), will be used as a convenient reference point. Other varieties of English, such as those used by well-educated Americans or Australians, could also be used as models, and most of the points made in this paper would still be valid.

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• syllables with primary stress
• full vowel
• intonation
• sep
• unstressed syllables
• pronunciation
• speakers
• stress
• words