The phonetics of English and Dutch / / by Beverley Collins & Inger M. Mees

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826934803321
• Autore: Collins Beverley
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2003
• ISBN: 1-280-46773-8; 9786610467730; 1-4237-1195-5; 90-474-0250-2
• Edizione: [5th rev. ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (373 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MeesInger M
• Disciplina: 428.3/43931
• Soggetti: English language - Dutch; English language - Phonology, Comparative - Dutch; Dutch language - Phonology, Comparative - English; English language - Phonetics; Dutch language - Phonetics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [342]-348) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; 1. A working basis; 2. The phoneme; 3. Transcription; 4. The speech mechanism; 5. Classification of consonants; 6. Fortis/lenis contrast in Dutch and English; 7. Secondary articulation; 8. Description and classification of vowels; 9. Back to the phoneme; 10. Phonation and states of the glottis; 11. English checked vowels; 12. English free vowels; 13. Sounds and spelling: vowels; 14. The vowels of Dutch; 15. English fricative consonants; 16. English stop consonants; 17. English nasal and approximant consonants; 18. Sounds and spelling: consonants; 19. The consonants of Dutch; 20. Patterns of adjustment in connected speech: assimilation and elision21. Articulatory setting in English and Dutch; 22. Stress and rhythm; 23. Pitch, tone and intonation; 24. Functions of intonation in English; 25. Intonation in Dutch and English compared; 26. Error analysis; 27. A brief look at other accents of the British Isles; 28. Some differences between American and British English; Guide to the technique of phonemic transcription; Guide to the technique of ; allophonic description; Glossary of technical terms; Key to exercises; Further reading and list of works consulted; Vowel symbols used in various systems of transcriptionSelected list of diacritics and phonetic symbols; The International Phonetic Alphabet; English Phonetic Symbol checksheet; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Provides an introductory course on the phonetics of English and Dutch. Theoretical and practical aspects of the subject are explained for the student by means of numerous self-study exercises in articulation and transcription. This book contains a contrastive description of British RP English and of Dutch.