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English phonetics and phonology: a practical course / Peter Roach

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Italy : Cambridge University Press, c2009Edition: Fourth EditionDescription: xi, 231 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780521888820
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PE 1133 .R55 2009
Contents:
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 .
Summary: 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 .
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex General Circulation General Education GC PE 1133 .R55 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000013502

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 .

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 .

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