Practical Phonetics and Phonology
A Resource Book for Students
Routledge (Publisher)
Published on 25. September 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-415-26134-0 (ISBN)
Description
Practical Phonetics and Phonology:
presents the essentials of the subject in a lively way whilst stressing the day-to-day applications of phonetics and phonology
covers all 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
incorporates classic readings from key names in the discipline including David Abercrombie, David Crystal, Dennis Fry, Daniel Jones, Peter Ladefoged, and Steven Pinker
includes an audio CD containing a collection of samples provided by genuine speakers of twenty-three accent varieties from Britain, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore and West Africa.
New features of this edition include: new readings by Peter Trudgill and John Well; a section on English orthography; an appendix of websites dealing with phonetics and accents of English; revised and updated activities and examples. The accompanying CD now includes: British Estuary English and New York English.
The second edition of Practical Phonetics and Phonology will appeal to all students of English language and linguistics and those training for a certificate in TEFL.
presents the essentials of the subject in a lively way whilst stressing the day-to-day applications of phonetics and phonology
covers all 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
incorporates classic readings from key names in the discipline including David Abercrombie, David Crystal, Dennis Fry, Daniel Jones, Peter Ladefoged, and Steven Pinker
includes an audio CD containing a collection of samples provided by genuine speakers of twenty-three accent varieties from Britain, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore and West Africa.
New features of this edition include: new readings by Peter Trudgill and John Well; a section on English orthography; an appendix of websites dealing with phonetics and accents of English; revised and updated activities and examples. The accompanying CD now includes: British Estuary English and New York English.
The second edition of Practical Phonetics and Phonology will appeal to all students of English language and linguistics and those training for a certificate in TEFL.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Undergraduate
Illustrations
25 s/w Tabellen
25 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 174 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-26134-0 (9780415261340)
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Dr Beverley S. Collins is currently Visiting Professor at the English Department of the University of Ghent, and is attached to the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics as an honorary research fellow. Dr Inger M. Mees is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the Copenhagen Business School. They have co-authored a number of publications which include: The Phonetics of English and Dutch (Brill, 5th revised edition, 2003); Working with the Sounds of English and Dutch (Brill, 4th revised edition, 1998); Sound English (Copenhagen Business School Press, 3rd edn 2000); Sound American (Copenhagen Business School Press, 1992); and Practical Phonetics and Phonology (Routledge, 2003).
University of Leiden, Netherlands
Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
University of Leiden, Netherlands
Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Content
A. INTRODUCTION
1. English worldwide
Introduction - phonetics and phonology - accent and dialect in English - what sort of English pronunciation? - the decline of traditional Received Pronunciation - present-day educated British English - the advent of Estuary English - General American - World Englishes.
2. Phoneme and allophone
Phonemes and allophones - the phoneme in English - English phonemic system - the syllable - phonemic and phonetic transcription.
3. Connected speech and phonemic transcription
Stress - strong, weak and contracted forms - use of weak forms and contracted forms - sample transcription - brief transcription guide.
4. How we produce speech
Introduction - respiratory system - phonatory system - states of the glottis - voiceless - glottal stop - creak and creaky voice - whisper - breathy voice - articulatory system.
5. Consonant possibilities
Place of articulation - manner of articulation - voicing and energy of articulation - fortis/lenis contrast in English - secondary articulation - articulatory setting.
6. Vowel possibilities
Introduction - tongue shape - cardinal vowels - later additions - steady-state vowels and diphthongs - the soft palate - duration.
B. DEVELOPMENT
1. Phoneme and syllable revisited
Introduction - complementary distribution - phoneme neutralisation - phoneme systems in different varieties of English - syllable revisited - consonant-vowel distinction.
2. English consonants
Stops - fricatives - nasals - approximants - other type of allophonic variation. 3. English vowels
Checked vowels - free vowels - diphthongs.
4. Features of connected speech
The surprises of connected speech - phonetic conditioning - assimilation - elision - liaison - patterns of assimilation in English - patterns of elision in English.
5. Stress and rhythm
Phonetic
1. English worldwide
Introduction - phonetics and phonology - accent and dialect in English - what sort of English pronunciation? - the decline of traditional Received Pronunciation - present-day educated British English - the advent of Estuary English - General American - World Englishes.
2. Phoneme and allophone
Phonemes and allophones - the phoneme in English - English phonemic system - the syllable - phonemic and phonetic transcription.
3. Connected speech and phonemic transcription
Stress - strong, weak and contracted forms - use of weak forms and contracted forms - sample transcription - brief transcription guide.
4. How we produce speech
Introduction - respiratory system - phonatory system - states of the glottis - voiceless - glottal stop - creak and creaky voice - whisper - breathy voice - articulatory system.
5. Consonant possibilities
Place of articulation - manner of articulation - voicing and energy of articulation - fortis/lenis contrast in English - secondary articulation - articulatory setting.
6. Vowel possibilities
Introduction - tongue shape - cardinal vowels - later additions - steady-state vowels and diphthongs - the soft palate - duration.
B. DEVELOPMENT
1. Phoneme and syllable revisited
Introduction - complementary distribution - phoneme neutralisation - phoneme systems in different varieties of English - syllable revisited - consonant-vowel distinction.
2. English consonants
Stops - fricatives - nasals - approximants - other type of allophonic variation. 3. English vowels
Checked vowels - free vowels - diphthongs.
4. Features of connected speech
The surprises of connected speech - phonetic conditioning - assimilation - elision - liaison - patterns of assimilation in English - patterns of elision in English.
5. Stress and rhythm
Phonetic