Applied phonetics : the sounds of American English

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Applied phonetics : the sounds of American English

Harold T. Edwards

Thomson/Delmar Learning, c2003

3rd ed

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 364-366) and index

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Description

Applied Phonetics is the only comprehensive, systematic, and classroom tested approach to understanding phonetics and phonetic transcription currently available. This product provides an introduction to the field of phonetics and provides a complete overview of each of the sounds of American English. Workbook containing additional practice exercises, flashcards, and audio CDs also available.

Table of Contents

  • Part I: Introduction to Phonetics. Chapter 1. The Study of Phonetics
  • Chapter 2. Language, Dialects, Registers and Idiolects
  • Chapter 3. Classifying the Sounds of Speech
  • Chapter 4. Some Applications of Phonetic Theory. Part II: A Detailed Description of the Sounds of American English: A Resource for Phoneticians. Chapter 5. The Stop Consonants
  • Chapter 6. The Fricative Consonants
  • Chapter 7. The Affricate Consonants
  • Chapter 8. The Nasal Consonants
  • Chapter 9. The Glide, Liquid, and Lateral Consonants
  • Chapter 10. The Front Vowels
  • Chapter 11. The Central Vowels
  • Chapter 12. The Back Vowels
  • Chapter 13. The Diphthongs. Part III: The Suprasegmentrals
  • Chapter 14. Stress, Intonation, and Rhythm.

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