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Practical Phonetics and Phonology 2e
About the Book
Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students.
Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings — all in the same volume.
Practical Phonetics and Phonology:
- presents the essentials of the subject in a lively and direct manner stressing the day-to-day applications of English phonetics and phonology
- introduces the core concepts of speech science, such as the phoneme, syllable structure, production of speech, vowel and consonant possibilities, glottal settings, stress, rhythm, intonation and the surprises of connected speech
- discusses regional and social accent variation, with an accompanying audio CD containing a collection of authentic speech samples (with genuine speakers) of 25 English accent varieties from the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, India, Singapore and West Africa
- includes classic readings from key names in the discipline including David Abercrombie, David Crystal, Dennis Fry, Daniel Jones, Peter Ladefoged, Peter Trudgill and John Wells.
New features of this edition include readings from Peter Trudgill and John Wells, a section on English spelling-to-sound relationships, material on Estuary English and thoroughly revised and updated activities and examples. The CD now contains samples of British Estuary English and New York English.
Written by authors who are experienced teachers and researchers, this accessible textbook is the essential resource for students of English language and linguistics and those training for a certificate in TEFL.