Practical Phonetics and Phonology: A Resource Book for Students

by Collins; Beverley S.

• ISBN13: 9780415422666
• ISBN10: 0415422663
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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-five 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 Wells; 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 Phonologywill appeal to all students of English language and linguistics and those training for a certificate in TEFL. The accompanying website to this book can be found at: www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415425148.

Author Biography

Beverley Collins is an associate member of the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics. He has previously held lectureships at the universities of Lancaster and Leiden, and was Visiting Professor at Ghent University in Belgium.

Table of Contents

Introduction

English Worldwide

Phoneme and Allophone

Connected Speech and Phonemic Transcription

How we Produce Speech

Consonant Possibilities

Vowel Possibilities

Development

Phoneme and Syllable Revisited

English Consonants

English Vowels

Features of Connected Speech

Stress and Rhythm

Speech Melody

Exploration

Accent Variation - General American

Accents of British Isles: England

Accents of British Isles: Celtic-Influenced Varieties

World Accent Varieties

Pronunciation Change: Past, Present, Future

Teaching and Learning a Foreign Language

Extension

Nine units consisting of a selection of core readings from existing books and articles with annotations and questions

Internet Websites

Glossary

Further Reading

References

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