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Practical Phonetics and Phonology: A Resource Book for Students (Routledge English Language Introductions)
Practical Phonetics and Phonology A Resource Book for Students - Routledge English Language Introductions
Author: Beverley S. Collins, Inger M. Mees
Practical Phonetics and Phonology:
  • presents the essentials of the subject in a lively way whilst stressing the day-to-day applications of phonetics and phonology
  • covers all the core concepts of speech science such as: the phoneme, syllable structure, production of speech, vowel and consonant possibilities, gl...  more »
  • incorporates classic readings from key names in the discipline including David Abercrombie, David Crystal, Dennis Fry, Daniel Jones, Peter Ladefoged, and Steven Pinker
  • includes an audio CD containing a collection of samples provided by genuine speakers of twenty-five accent varieties from Britain, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore and West Africa.
New features of this edition include: new readings by Peter Trudgill and John Wells; a section on English orthography; an appendix of websites dealing with phonetics and accents of English; revised and updated activities and examples. The accompanying CD now includes: British Estuary English and New York English. The second edition of Practical Phonetics and Phonology will appeal to all students of English language and linguistics and those training for a certificate in TEFL. The accompanying website to this book can be found at: www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415425148.
ISBN-13: 9780415422666
ISBN-10: 0415422663
Publication Date: 3/28/2008
Pages: 328
Edition: 2
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