English Phonetics and Phonology

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A practical course on English phonetics and phonology covering speech sound production, vowel and consonant systems, voicing, phoneme and symbol transcription, syllable structure, stress patterns, weak forms, and issues in phonemic analysis. The course further addresses connected speech processes such as rhythm, assimilation, elision, linking, and detailed intonation structure and functions, concluding with varieties of English pronunciation.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

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Pages243

Reading Time10 h 12 min

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English Phoneticsand Phonology A practical coursePeter RoachFourth edition English Phoneticsand PhonologyA practical course Fourth edition PETER ROACH Emeritus Professor of PhoneticsUniversity of Reading CAMBRFDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge,New York,Melbourne,Madrid,Cape Town,Singapore,Sao Paulo,Delhi,Mexico City Cambridge University PressThe Edinburgh Building,Cambridge CB28RU,UK www.cambridge.org Information on this title:www.cambridge.org/9780521717403 ◎ Cambridge University Press 2009 This publication is in copyright.Subject to statutory exceptionand to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements,no reproduction of any part may take place without the writtenpermission of Cambridge University Press. First published 1983Fourth edition 20095th printing 2012 Printed and bound in the United Kingdom by the MPG Books Group A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication dataRoach,Peter(Peter John)English phonetics and phonology:a practical course /Peter Roach.-4th ed. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-521-71740-3(pbk.)-ISBN 978-0-521-88882-0 1.English language-Phonetics.2.English language-Phonology.3.English language-Study and teaching-Foreign speakers.I.Title. PE1133.R552009 421'.5-dc222008052020 ISBN 978-0-521-71740-3 Paperback with Audio CDs(2) ISBN 978-0-521-88882-0 Hardbackwith Audio CDs(2) Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence oraccuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to inthis publication,and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is,or will remain,accurate or appropriate.Information regarding prices,traveltimetables and other factual information given in this work is correct atthe time of first printing but Cambridge University Press does not guaranteethe accuracy of such information thereafter. Contents Preface to the fourth edition ixList of symbols xChart of the International Phonetic Alphabet xii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 How the course is organised 1 1.2 The English Phonetics and Phonology website 2 1.3 Phonemes and other aspects of pronunciation 2 1.4 Accents and dialects 3 2 The production of speech sounds 8 2.1 Articulators above the larynx 8 2.2 Vowel and consonant 10 2.3 English short vowels 13 3 Long vowels,diphthongs and triphthongs 16 3.1 English long vowels 16 3.2 Diphthongs 17 3.3 Triphthongs 18 4 Voicing and consonants 22 4.1 The larynx 22 4.2 Respiration and voicing 24 4.3 Plosives 26 4.4 English plosives 26 4.5 Fortis and lenis 28 5 Phonemes and symbols 31 5.1 The phoneme 31 5.2 Symbols and transcription 33 5.3 Phonology 35 6 Fricatives and affricates 39 6.1 Production of fricatives and affricates 39 6.2 The fricatives of English 40 6.3 The affricates of English 43 6.4 Fortis consonants 44 7 Nasals and other consonants 46

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