Roach, Peter <br/><br/>
English phonetics and phonology:  a practical course / 
Peter Roach 
 - Fourth Edition 
 - Italy :  Cambridge University Press,  c2009 
 - xi, 231 pages :  color illustrations ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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 . 
<br/><br/> This book is designed to be studied from the beginning to end, with the relevant exercises being worked on for each chapter, and it is therefore quiet different from a reference book . 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521888820 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>ENGLISH LANGUAGE -- PHONOLOGY
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE 1133 .R55 2009