Heinz J. Giegerich, Heinz J. Geigerich, Giegerich Heinz J.

English Phonology 1ed

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is an introduction to the phonology of Present-day English. It deals principally with three varieties of English: General American, Southern British 'Received Pronunciation' and 'Scottish Standard English.' It offers a systematic and detailed discussion of the features shared by these major accents, and explains some major differences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780521336031
• ISBN-10: 0521336031
• Artikelnr.: 24272727

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Speech sounds and their production
2. Towards a sound system for English: consonant phonemes
3. Some vowel systems of English
4. Phonological features, part I: the classification of English vowel phonemes
5. Phonological features, part II: the consonant system
6. Syllables
7. Word stress
8. Phonetic representations: the realisations of phonemes
9. Phrases, sentences and the phonology of connected speech
10. Representations and derivations
References
Index.