Elements of General Phonetics
Published on 1. March 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-0-85224-451-7 (ISBN)
Description
This classic introduction is designed for students with no previous knowledge of phonetics in linguistics, speech therapy, and modern languages. It remains one of the best descriptions of the main topics in the study of phonetics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
306 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85224-451-7 (9780852244517)
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Elements of General Phonetics
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Content
Fifty years - a memoire; phonetics and phonology; phoneme - the concept and the word; segments; hylomorphic taxonomy and William Holder; Daniel Jones' teaching; RP today - its position and its prospects; the accents of standard English in Scotland; some functions of silent stress; stress and some other terms; the indication of pronunciation in reference books; phonetic iconicity in writing systems; paralanguage; encounter with aphasia.