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Roach, Peter

English phonetics and phonology : a practical course - 4th edition - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xi, 231 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 2 CD-ROMs (4 3/4 in.)

Includes 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.

ISBN: 9780521149211 0521149215

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English language -- Phonetics.
English language -- Phonology.
English language -- Study and teaching

Dewey Class. No.: 421.5 / ROA