Phonetics: A CoursebookA problem-based introduction to phonetics, with over three hundred exercises integrated into the text to help the student discover and practice the subject interactively. It assumes no previous knowledge of the subject and highlights and explains new terms and concepts when they are first introduced. Graded review questions and exercises at the end of every unit help the student monitor their own progress and further practice new skills, and there is frequent cross-referencing for the student to see how the subject fits together and how later concepts build on earlier ones. The book highlights the differences between speech and writing in Unit One and covers all the essential topics of a phonetics course. |
Contents
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Consonant voicing | 15 |
Consonant place of articulation | 25 |
Consonant manner of articulation | 37 |
The IPA chart and midsagittal sections for consonants | 50 |
Vowels | 63 |
Airstream mechanisms | 83 |
Putting sounds together | 99 |
Speech sound variation | 174 |
Putting words together | 189 |
Liaison | 202 |
Assimilation | 210 |
Broad transcription | 218 |
Intonation | 227 |
Functions of intonation | 245 |
Answers to review exercises | 261 |
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affricate airflow airstream mechanism allophonic transcription allophonic variation alveolar ridge approach and release approximant aspirated assimilation bilabial broad transcription cardinal vowels cavity closure coarticulation coda connected speech processes consonants dental devoiced diacritic difficult diphthongs ejective elided elision English environment example Figure final find first syllable flows following words fricative glottal implosive influence interlinear diagram intonation phrase IPA chart isolation labialisation labiodental languages larynx lexical stress look Manner diagram manner of articulation meaning mid-sagittal sections nasal release nasalised non-rhotic nuclear tones nucleus obstruents occur onset palatal parametric diagram passive articulator phoneme pitch place of articulation position postalveolar pre-head produced pronounced pronunciation regional accent release phases remember represent retracted rhotic rise schwa sentence speakers spelling spoken SSBE stressed syllable syllabic consonants syllable symbols tongue transcribe types unaspirated unstressed velar Velarisation velum vocal fold vibration vocal folds vocal tract voiced voiceless plosives voiceless sounds