Richard Ogden

An Introduction to English Phonetics

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Produktbeschreibung

This Bestselling textbook introduces undergraduates to the concepts, terminology and representations needed for an understanding of how English is pronounced around the world. Assuming no prior knowledge, it guides the reader through the vocal tract and explains how the sounds of speech are made.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9781474411769
• ISBN-10: 1474411762
• Artikelnr.: 43170792

Autorenporträt

Richard Ogden is Professor of Linguistics at the University of York. His research focuses on the phonetic details of naturally occurring conversation, including turn-taking, and the phonetic implementation of social actions, combining conversation analytic and phonetic methods. He also has an interest in multimodality.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and tables
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction to phonetics
2 Overview of the human speech mechanism
3 Representing the sounds of speech
4 The larynx, voicing and voice quality
5 Vowels
6 Approximants
7 Plosives
8 Fricatives
9 Nasals
10 Glottalic and velaric airstreams
11 Sounds and structures
12 Conclusion
Glossary
Discussion of the exercises
Further reading
Index