Henry Rogers

The Sounds of Language (eBook, ePUB)

An Introduction to Phonetics

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An important new text on phonetics which is studied on the majority of linguistic undergraduate degree courses. Also relevant for speech pathology courses and for students of English as a second language. 'The Sounds of Language' provides an accessible, general introduction to phonetics with a special emphasis on English. Phonetics is the study of sounds used in language: how the sounds are produced, how they are transferred from the speaker to the hearer and how they are heard and perceived.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317877752
• Artikelnr.: 41327882

Autorenporträt

Henry Rogers is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Toronto. His previous publications include the books Theoretical and Practical Phonetics (1991) and Exercises in Articulatory Phonetics (1986).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. The basic sounds of English
3. English consonants
4. English vowels
5. English suprasegmentals
6. English accent differences
7. Sound waves, spectra, and resonance
8. The acoustics of English sounds
9. Vowels and semivowels
10. Place of articulation
11. Manner of articulation
12. Phonation
13. Airstream mechanisms
14. Syllables and suprasegmentals