Kreidler The Pronunciation of English

A Course Book
2. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-75923-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten, E-Book

This revised second edition provides an introduction to thephonetics and phonology of English. It incorporates all centralaspects of research in the phonology of English and involves thereader at every step, with over 80 exercises leading students todiscover facts, to formulate general statements, and to applyconcepts.
* * Discusses the nature of speech and phonetic description, theprinciples of phonological analysis, the consonants and vowels ofEnglish and their possible sequences.
* Provides extensive treatment of rhythm, stress, and intonationand the role of these prosodic elements in discourse.
* Includes more than 80 exercises with feedback and glossary oftechnical terms.
* Incorporates developments in phonology since the first editionappeared.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kreidler, Charles W.

Über Autor(innen)

Charles W. Kreidler is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at Georgetown University. His publications include The Dynamics of Language (co-author, 1971), Introducing English Semantics (1998), and Phonology: Critical Concepts (edited, 6 volumes, 2000).