English Phonetics and Phonology Hardback with Audio CDs (2): A Practical Course

by Peter Roach

• ISBN13: 9780521888820
• ISBN10: 0521888824
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Multimedia
• Copyright: 2009-04-27
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Since the publication of the first edition in 1983, this course has established itself as the most practical, comprehensive text in the field and become widely used in many parts of the world in universities and other institutions of higher education. This new edition takes into account recent developments in the teaching of phonology. It includes updated references, fuller coverage of intonation, and a new chapter on different varieties of English with illustrative recorded material. At the end of each chapter in the book there are notes giving information on further reading, discussion of the more challenging issues, written exercises and, where appropriate, suggestions for teachers. In addition the audio CDs include recorded exercises for every chapter which are particularly helpful for non-native speakers. A full answer key is available at the back of the book. Additional exercises and other supporting material are available online.

Author Biography

Peter Roach has taught phonetics and English pronunciation in France and Spain and has been a visiting lecturer in many countries around the world. He is the principal editor of the Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary, 17th edition, and a member of the International Phonetic Association, the British Association of Academic Phoneticians and IATEFL. Before retiring in 2003 he was Professor of Phonetics and Head of the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at the University of Reading. He is now Emeritus Professor of Phonetics at the University of Reading.

Table of Contents

Preface to the fourth edition	p. ix
List of symbols	p. x
Chart of the International Phonetic Alphabet	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
How the course is organised	p. 1
The English Phonetics and Phonology website	p. 2
Phonemes and other aspects of pronunciation	p. 2
Accents and dialects	p. 3
The production of speech sounds	p. 8
Articulators above the larynx	p. 8
Vowel and consonant	p. 10
English short vowels	p. 13
Long vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs	p. 16
English long vowels	p. 16
Diphthongs	p. 17
Triphthongs	p. 18
Voicing and consonants	p. 22
The larynx	p. 22
Respiration and voicing	p. 24
Plosives	p. 26
English plosives	p. 26
Fortis and lenis	p. 28
Phonemes and symbols	p. 31
The phoneme	p. 31
Symbols and transcription	p. 33
Phonology	p. 35
Fricatives and affricates	p. 39
Production of fricatives and affricates	p. 39
The fricatives of English	p. 40
The affricates of English	p. 43
Fortis consonants	p. 44
Nasals and other consonants	p. 46
Nasals	p. 46
The consonant l	p. 48
The consonant r	p. 49
The consonants j and w	p. 50
The syllable	p. 56
The nature of the syllable	p. 56
The structure of the English syllable	p. 57
Syllable division	p. 60
Strong and weak syllables	p. 64
Strong and weak	p. 64
The $$ vowel ("schwa")	p. 65
Close front and close back vowels	p. 66
Syllabic consonants	p. 68
Stress in simple words	p. 73
The nature of stress	p. 73
Levels of stress	p. 74
Placement of stress within the word	p. 75
Complex word stress	p. 82
Complex words	p. 82
Suffixes	p. 83
Prefixes	p. 85
Compound words	p. 85
Variable stress	p. 86
Word-class pairs	p. 87
Weak forms	p. 89
Problems in phonemic analysis	p. 97
Affricates	p. 97
The English vowel system	p. 99
Syllabic consonants	p. 100
Clusters of s with plosives	p. 101
Schwa	p. 101
Distinctive features	p. 102
Conclusion	p. 103
Aspects of connected speech	p. 107
Rhythm	p. 107
Assimilation	p. 110
Elision	p. 113
Linking	p. 115
Intonation 1	p. 119
Form and function in intonation	p. 120
Tone and tone languages	p. 121
Complex tones and pitch height	p. 122
Some functions of English tones	p. 123
Tones on other words	p. 126
Intonation 2	p. 129
The tone-unit	p. 129
The structure of the tone-unit	p. 130
Pitch possibilities in the simple tone-unit	p. 133
Intonation 3	p. 136
Fall-rise and rise-fall tones followed by a tail	p. 136
High and low heads	p. 138
Problems in analysing the form of intonation	p. 140
Autosegmental treatment of intonation	p. 143
Functions of intonation 1	p. 146
The attitudinal function of intonation	p. 147
Expressing attitudes	p. 150
Functions of intonation 2	p. 153
The accentual function of intonation	p. 153
The grammatical function of intonation	p. 154
The discourse function of intonation	p. 156
Conclusions	p. 159
Varieties of English pronunciation	p. 161
The study of variety	p. 161
Geographical variation	p. 162
Other sources of variation	p. 165
Recorded exercises	p. 169
Introduction	p. 169
English short vowels	p. 170
Long vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs	p. 171
Plosives	p. 173
Revision	p. 176
Fricatives and affricates	p. 177
Further consonants	p. 179
Consonant clusters	p. 181
Weak syllables	p. 183
Word stress	p. 185
Complex word stress	p. 187
Weak forms	p. 188
Revision	p. 190
Elisions and rhythm	p. 191
Tones	p. 192
The tone-unit	p. 193
Intonation	p. 195
Intonation: extracts from conversation	p. 196
Further practice on connected speech	p. 197
Transcription of connected speech	p. 198
Answers to written exercises	p. 200
Answers to recorded exercises	p. 210
Recommendations for general reading	p. 219
Bibliography	p. 222
Index	p. 227
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