Elements of general phonetics

Author(s)

• Abercrombie, David

Bibliographic Information

Elements of general phonetics

David Abercrombie

Edinburgh University Press, 1982, [c1967]

• : pbk

Note

1st ed. (cased), 1967

Bibliography: p. 178-188

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This classic introduction is designed for students with no previous knowledge of phonetics in linguistics, speech therapy, and modern languages. It remains one of the best descriptions of the main topics in the study of phonetics.

Table of Contents

• Fifty years - a memoire
• phonetics and phonology
• phoneme - the concept and the word
• segments
• hylomorphic taxonomy and William Holder
• Daniel Jones' teaching
• RP today - its position and its prospects
• the accents of standard English in Scotland
• some functions of silent stress
• stress and some other terms
• the indication of pronunciation in reference books
• phonetic iconicity in writing systems
• paralanguage
• encounter with aphasia.

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Details

• NCID: BA01621641
• ISBN:
  • 9780852244517
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Edinburgh
• Pages/Volumes: 203 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P221
  • DC19 : 414
  • NDC10 : 801.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Phonetics