An Introduction to English Phonetics
2nd Edition
Published on 28. February 2017
Book
Hardback
236 pages
978-1-4744-1175-2 (ISBN)
Description
The second edition of this distinguished textbook introduces undergraduates to the concepts, terminology and representations needed for an understanding of how English is pronounced around the world. Assuming no prior knowledge, this textbook guides the reader through the vocal tract and explains how the sounds of speech are made, offering an accessible and expanded introduction to areas including transcription, vowels and acoustic analysis.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-1175-2 (9781474411752)
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Richard Ogden
Introduction to English Phonetics
E-Book
02/2017
2nd Edition
Edinburgh University Press
€24.49
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Person
Richard Ogden is Professor of Linguistics at the University of York. His research focuses on the phonetic details of naturally occurring conversation, including turn-taking, and the phonetic implementation of social actions, combining conversation analytic and phonetic methods. He also has an interest in multimodality.
Content
List of figures and tables Acknowledgements 1 Introduction to phonetics 2 Overview of the human speech mechanism 3 Representing the sounds of speech4 The larynx, voicing and voice quality 5 Vowels 6 Approximants 7 Plosives 8 Fricatives9 Nasals 10 Glottalic and velaric airstreams 11 Sounds and structures12 Conclusion Glossary Discussion of the exercises Further reading Index