The pronunciation of English [[electronic resource] ] : a course book / / Charles W. Kreidler

• Autore: Kreidler Charles W. <1924->
• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2004
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 p.)
• Disciplina: 421.52; 421/.52
• Soggetto topico: English language - Pronunciation; English language - Pronunciation by foreign speakers
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Classificazione: 18.04
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [296]-302) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 ; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The pronunciation of English
• ISBN: 0-470-79734-7; 1-281-32145-1; 9786611321451; 0-470-75926-7; 0-470-75923-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910145749403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II