English phonetics and phonology : a self-contained, comprehensive pronunciation course

By: Roach, PeterMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000Edition: 3rd EditionDescription: xiii, 283 p. : illustrationsISBN: 0521008522; 9780521008525 Subject(s): English language -- Phonetics | English language -- Phonology | English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers | English languageDDC classification: 414 | 421
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The production of speech sounds -- 3. Long vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs -- 4. Voicing and consonants -- 5. The phoneme -- 6. Fricatives and affricates -- 7. Nasals and other consonants -- 8. The syllable -- 9. Strong and weak syllables -- 10. Stress in simple words -- 11. Complex word stress -- 12. Weak forms -- 13. Problems in phonemic analysis -- 14. Aspects of connected speech -- 15. Intonation 1 -- 16. Intonation 2 -- 17. Intonation 3 -- 18. Functions of intonation 1 -- 19. Functions of intonation 2 -- 20. Further areas of study in phonetics and phonology.
Summary: Bridging the gap between simple pronunciation handbooks and technical phonetics and phonology textbooks, this new edition takes into account recent developments on the teaching of phonology.
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Included Index.

1. Introduction --
2. The production of speech sounds --
3. Long vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs --
4. Voicing and consonants --
5. The phoneme --
6. Fricatives and affricates --
7. Nasals and other consonants --
8. The syllable --
9. Strong and weak syllables --
10. Stress in simple words --
11. Complex word stress --
12. Weak forms --
13. Problems in phonemic analysis --
14. Aspects of connected speech --
15. Intonation 1 --
16. Intonation 2 --
17. Intonation 3 --
18. Functions of intonation 1 --
19. Functions of intonation 2 --
20. Further areas of study in phonetics and phonology.

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

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