| Other title: |
Cambridge English phonetics and phonology a practical course. |
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| Publish info: |
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2009. |
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4th ed. |
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| ISBN: |
9780521717403 (pbk. & audio CD) 9780521888820 (audio CD) |
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| Call number: |
PE1133 .R55 2009 |
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| Description: |
xii, 231 p. : ill. 25 cm.+ 2 sound discs. |
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English language -- Phonetics.
English language -- Phonology.
English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
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"Now includes two audio CDs"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-226) and index. |
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| Summary: |
This book presents the basic theoretical material needed to understand phonetics, phonology and the pronunciation of English. |
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| Contents: |
1. Introduction -- 2. The production of speech sounds -- 3. Long vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs -- 4. Voicing and consonants -- 5. Phonemes and symbols -- 6. Fricatives and affricates -- 7. Nasals and other consonants -- 8. The syllable -- 9. Strong and weak syllables -- 10. Stress in simple words -- 11. Complex word stress -- 12. Weak forms -- 13. Problems in phonemic analysis -- 14. Aspects of connected speech -- 15. Intonation 1 -- 16. Intonation 2 -- 17. Intonation 3 -- 18. Functions of intonation 1 -- 19. Functions of intonation 2 -- 20. Varieties of English pronunciation. |
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http://search.aucklandcitylibraries.com/accessible.ashx?itemid=|library/marc/acl-iii|b2479067
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| Tags: |
linguistics, phonetics, phonology, language, english, salt, university |