English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice provides a unique introduction to basic articulatory phonetics for students of English. Taking a practical approach, this book teaches the pronunciation of modern standard non-regional British English to intermediate and advanced learners worldwide.
English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice provides a unique introduction to basic articulatory phonetics for students of English. Taking a practical approach, this book teaches the pronunciation of modern standard non-regional British English to intermediate and advanced learners worldwide.
Paul Carley has held posts at the University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, and the universities of Bedfordshire and Leicester. He has been a regular lecturer on the UCL Summer Course in English Phonetics. Inger M. Mees is Associate Professor Emeritus at the Copenhagen Business School and a part-time lecturer at Copenhagen University. She has formerly held lectureships at the universities of Leiden and Copenhagen.
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Phonemic symbols The International Phonetic Alphabet Preface 1 Basic concepts 2 Introduction to consonants 3 Plosives 1 4 Plosives 2 5 Practising plosives 6 Fricatives 7 Practising fricatives 8 Affricates 9 Practising affricates 10 Nasals 11 Practising nasals 12 Approximants 13 Practising approximants 14 Introduction to vowels 1 15 Introduction to vowels 2 16 Short vowels 17 Practising short vowels 18 Long vowels 19 Practising long vowels 20 Diphthongs 21 Practising diphthongs 22 Syllabic consonants 23 Practising syllabic consonants 24 Weak forms 1 25 Weak forms 2 26 Practising weak forms 27 Consonant clusters 28 Practising consonant clusters 29 Connected speech 1 30 Connected speech 2
