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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830248903321

Autore

Shockey Linda

Titolo

Sound patterns of spoken English / / Linda Shockey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Pub., , [2003]

©2003

ISBN

1-281-32133-8

9786611321338

0-470-70545-0

0-470-75839-2

0-470-75824-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 p.)

Disciplina

421.5

Soggetti

Speech acts (Linguistics)

English language - Phonology

English language - Spoken English

English language - Variation

Conversation

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 (pages [127]-141) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Setting the stage -- Processes in conversational English -- Attempts at phonological explanation -- Experimental studies in casual speech -- Applications.

Sommario/riassunto

Sound Patterns of Spoken English is a concise, to-the-point compendium of information about the casual pronunciation of everyday English as compared to formal citation forms.:.; Concise, to-the-point compendium of information about casual pronunciation of English as compared to citation forms.; Covers varieties of English language including General American and Standard Southern British.; Overlaps the boundaries of several areas of study including sociolinguistics, lexicography, rhetoric , and speech sciences.; Examines English pronunciation as found in everyday speech.; Accompanied by website