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English phonetics and phonology : a practical course

Peter Roach (Author)
Bridging the gap between simple pronunciation handbooks and technical phonetics and phonology textbooks, this new edition takes into account recent developments in the teaching of phonology
Print Book, English, 2009
Fourth edition View all formats and editions
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2009
Einführung
xi, 231 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm + 2 CD-ROMs (4 3/4 in.)
9780521717403, 9780521888820, 9780521149211, 9783125344976, 052171740X, 0521888824, 0521149215, 3125344972
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Introduction
The production of speech sounds
Long vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs
Voicing and consonants
Phonemes and symbols
Fricatives and affricates
Nasals and other consonants
The syllable
Strong and weak syllables
Stress in simple words
Complex word stress
Weak forms
Problems in phonemic analysis
Aspects of connected speech
Intonation 1
Intonation 2
Intonation 3
Functions of intonation 1
Functions of intonation 2
Varieties of English pronunciation
Recorded exercises
Answers to written exercises