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UNISA996202122703316 |
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Kreidler Charles W. <1924-> |
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Titolo |
The pronunciation of English : a course book / / Charles W. Kreidler |
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Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Pub., , [2004] |
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©2004 |
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0-470-79734-7 |
1-281-32145-1 |
9786611321451 |
0-470-75926-7 |
0-470-75923-2 |
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Edizione |
[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (326 p.) |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English language - Pronunciation by foreign speakers |
English language - Pronunciation |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [296]-302) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The Pronunciation of English: A Course Book; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; About this Book; 1 Language and Speech; 1.1 Language variation; 1.2 A very brief history of the English language; 1.3 Speech and language; 1.4 Phonological analysis; 1.5 Summary; Notes; 2 Sound ... and Voice; 2.1 Hearing; 2.2 Energy, vibration, and medium; 2.3 The measurement of vibrations; 2A Exercise: sound waves; 2.4 Resonance; 2.5 Air in motion; 2.6 The human voice; 2.7 The vocal cords; 2.8 The vocal tract; 2.9 Kinds of speech sounds; 2B Exercise: classes of sounds and features; 2.10 Summary |
2.11 Addendum: a note on redundancy2C Exercise: redundancy statements; 2A Feedback; 2B Feedback; 2C Feedback; Notes; 3 Consonants; 3A Preliminary exercise: identifying consonants by matching; 3.1 The feature [consonantal]; 3.2 Lip consonants (labials); 3.3 Tongue-tip consonants (apicals); 3B Questions about features; 3.4 Tongue-front consonants (laminals); 3.5 Tongue-back consonants (dorsals); 3.6 Summary chart; 3C Questions about feature differences; 3.7 Articulators or points of articulation?; 3.8 The feature [lateral]; 3.9 Summary; 3D Exercise: practice with symbols; 3A Feedback |
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3B Feedback3C Feedback; 3D Feedback; Notes; 4 Vowels and Glides; 4A Preliminary exercise; 4.1 Dialect differences; 4.2 Vowel features; 4.3 A general inventory and particular inventories; 4.4 Phonetic descriptions; 4.5 The vowel inventories of specific dialects; 4.6 The incidence of vowels; 4B Practice with transcription; 4.7 The glides; 4C Practice with phoneme classes; 4D Exploring matters of vowel incidence; 4.8 Summary; 4A Feedback; 4B Feedback; 4C Feedback; 4D Feedback; Notes; 5 Syllables and Stress; 5.1 Syllables; 5.2 Syllable structure; 5A Exploring syllable onsets |
5A Feedback and comment5B Exploring syllable codas; 5B Feedback and comment; 5.3 Strong and weak syllables; 5.4 Syllable division; 5.5 Suffixes and stress; 5C Exercise on stress in related words; 5.6 Compounds and some other words; 5D Exercise on certain word endings; 5.7 Identifying the vowels of weak syllables; 5E Exercise and comment: final /I, U, o/; 5F Exercise and comment: /I, U/ before vowels; 5G Exercise and comment: contrast of /B/ and /C/I; 5.8 Syllabic consonants; 5H Practice with syllabic consonants; 5.9 Summary; 5C Feedback; 5D Feedback; Notes; 6 Phonotactics |
6.1 Word-initial position6A Problem: initial clusters; 6A Feedback and discussion; 6.2 A note regarding /j/; 6.3 Contrast and variation; 6.4 Word-final position; 6B Questions: final clusters; 6B Feedback and discussion; 6C Clusters of three consonants; 6.5 Word-medial position; 6D Question: medial clusters; 6E Practice: dividing into syllables; 6.6 Borrowed words; 6.7 Omission and insertion of a consonant; 6.8 Limits on vowel occurrences; 6.9 Free vowels and checked vowels; 6F Investigating some constraints; 6.10 Functional loads; 6.11 Summary; 6C Feedback; 6D Feedback; 6E Feedback |
6F Feedback |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This revised second edition provides an introduction to the phonetics and phonology of English. It incorporates all central aspects of research in the phonology of English and involves the reader at every step, with over 80 exercises leading students to discover facts, to formulate general statements, and to apply concepts. Discusses the nature of speech and phonetic description, the principles of phonological analysis, the consonants and vowels of English and their possible sequences. Provides extensive treatment of rhythm, stress, and intonation and the role of these |
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UNINA9910968721203321 |
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Autore |
Toke David |
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Titolo |
Low Carbon Politics : A Cultural Approach Focusing on Low Carbon Electricity / / by David Toke |
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Boca Raton, FL : , : Taylor and Francis, an imprint of Routledge, , 2018 |
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1-315-52337-X |
1-315-52335-3 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (182 pages) : 16 illustrations, text file, PDF |
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Collana |
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Routledge Studies in Energy Policy |
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Disciplina |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy |
Climate Change |
cultural theory |
Environmental economics |
Environmental policy |
Environmental studies |
egalitarian frames |
electricity sector |
energy politics |
hierarchical frames |
individualist frames |
low carbon politics |
nuclear power |
renewable energy |
Sustainability |
Renewable energy sources |
Electric power production |
Managerial economics - Real Estate |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Chapter 2 - Setting out cultural theory -- --Chapter 3 - Culture, Ecology and Energy -- --Chapter 4 - Science, Climate Politics and Cultural Bias -- --Chapter 5 - The importance of |
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egalitarianism -- --Chapter 6 - The USA -- --Chapter 7 - The UK -- --Chapter 8 - China -- --Chapter 9 - South Africa -- --Chapter 10 - Conclusion. |
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Low Carbon Politics focuses on how policies and institutions have influenced the deployment of renewable energy and nuclear power in the electricity sector. Cultural theory is used to analyse this. Egalitarian pressures have had a profound influence on technological outcomes, not merely in securing the deployment of renewable energy but also in increasing the costs of nuclear power. Whereas in the 1970s it might have been expected that individualist, market based pressures allied to dominant hierarchies would deliver nuclear power as the main response to problems associated with fossil fuels, a surprising combination has emerged. Egalitarian and individualist pressures are, together, leading to increasing levels of deployment of renewable energy. This work finds that electricity monopolies tend to favour nuclear power whereas competitive arrangements are more likely to lead to more renewable energy being deployed. It covers developments in a number of countries including USA, UK, China, South Africa and also Germany and Denmark. This book will be of great relevance to students, academics and policymakers with an interest in energy policy, low carbon politics and climate change. |
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