Roach, Peter

English phonetics and phonology : a practical course / Peter Roach. - Third edition. - xiii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Previous ed.: 1991.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-279) and index.

Introduction -- The production of speech sounds -- Long vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs -- Voicing and consonants -- The phoneme -- 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 -- Further areas of study in phonetics and phonology. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

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English language--Phonetics
English language--Phonology
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

PE1133 / .R55 2000

421.5