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English phonetics and phonology : a practical course /

by Roach, Peter (Peter John).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009Edition: 4th ed.Description: xi, 231 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. + 2 CD-ROM (4 3/4 inches).ISBN: 9780521717403 (pbk.); 052171740X (pbk.); 9780521888820; 0521888824.Subject(s): English language -- Phonetics | English language -- Phonology | English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers | Phonetik | Fonetiek | Fonologie | Engels | English language -- Phonetics | English language -- Phonology | English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers | Englisch | Einführung | Einführung
Contents:
Introduction -- The production of speech sounds -- Long vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs -- Voicing and consonants -- Phonemes and symbols -- Fricatives and affricates -- Nasals and other consonants -- The syllable -- Strong and weak syllables -- Stress in simple words -- Complex word stress -- Weak forms -- Problems in phonemic analysis -- Aspects of connected speech -- Intonation 1 -- Intonation 2 -- Intonation 3 -- Functions of intonation 1 -- Functions of intonation 2 -- Varieties of English pronunciation -- Recorded exercises -- Answers to written exercises.
Summary: Bridging the gap between simple pronunciation handbooks and technical phonetics and phonology textbooks, this new edition takes into account recent developments in the teaching of phonology.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The production of speech sounds -- Long vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs -- Voicing and consonants -- Phonemes and symbols -- Fricatives and affricates -- Nasals and other consonants -- The syllable -- Strong and weak syllables -- Stress in simple words -- Complex word stress -- Weak forms -- Problems in phonemic analysis -- Aspects of connected speech -- Intonation 1 -- Intonation 2 -- Intonation 3 -- Functions of intonation 1 -- Functions of intonation 2 -- Varieties of English pronunciation -- Recorded exercises -- Answers to written exercises.

Bridging the gap between simple pronunciation handbooks and technical phonetics and phonology textbooks, this new edition takes into account recent developments in the teaching of phonology.


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