| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 329 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Routledge English language introductions |
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Routledge English language introductions series.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: A. Introduction -- 1. English worldwide -- 2. Phoneme, allophone and syllable -- 3. Connected speech and phonemic transcription -- 4. How we produce speech -- 5. Consonant possibilities -- 6. Vowel possibilities -- B. Development -- 1. Phoneme and syllable revisited -- 2. English consonants -- 3. English vowels -- 4. English spelling -- 5. Features of connected speech -- 6. Stress and rhythm -- 7. Speech melody -- C. Exploration -- 1. Accent variation -- General American -- 2. Accents of the British Isles 1: England -- 3. Accents of the British Isles 2: Celtic-influenced varieties -- 4. World accent varieties -- 5. Pronunciation change: past, present, future -- 6. Teaching and learning a foreign language -- D. Extension -- 1. RP -- R.I.P.? (David Abercrombie) -- 2. Attitudes to accents (Daniel Jones) -- 3. Pronunciation worries (David Crystal) -- 4. Teaching the pronunciation of a second language (Peter Avery and Susan Ehrlich) -- 5. Phonetics applied to teaching the deaf (Dennis Fry) -- 6. Making computers talk (Peter Ladefoged) -- 7. Using phonetics in criminal investigations (Maurice Varney) -- 8. The rise of ̀upspeak' (Barbara Bradford) -- 9. English accents and their implications for spelling reform (J.C. Wells) -- 10. The sociolinguistics of modern RP (Peter Trudgill) |
| Summary |
Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings-all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible 'two-dimensional' structure is built around four sections-introduction, development, exploration and extension-which offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can also be read across these sections, enabling the rea |
| Notes |
Some online versions lack accompanying media packaged with the printed version |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Print version record |
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EBL |
| Subject |
English language -- Phonetics.
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English language -- Phonology.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Phonetics & Phonology.
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English language -- Phonetics
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English language -- Phonology
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Mees, Inger M
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| ISBN |
9780203080023 |
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0203080025 |
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9781136163722 |
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1136163727 |
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9781299137158 |
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1299137156 |
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9781136163715 |
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1136163719 |
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