Description
The Sounds of Language
An Introduction to Phonetics
Learning about Language Series
Author: Rogers Henry
Language: EnglishSubject for The Sounds of Language:
Keywords
vocal; tract; alveolar; ridge; glottal; stop; folds; syllabic; consonant; cardinal; Vocal Folds; Hard Palate; Rhotic Sounds; Drawn Back; Arytenoid Cartilages; Scots Gaelic; Alveolar Ridge; Vibration Rate; Wide Band Spectrogram; Vocal Tract; Cardinal Vowel; Breathy Voiced; VOT; Narrow Band Spectrogram; Uvular Trill; Creaky Voice; Thyroid Cartilage; RP Accent; Bilabial Trill; Cricoid Cartilage; False Vocal Folds; Narrow Transcription; Advanced Tongue Root; Pulmonic Egressive; Glottal Stop
Publication date: 07-2017
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Hardback
Approximative price 55.07 €
Subject to availability at the publisher.
Add to cart the book of Rogers HenryPublication date: 04-2000
368 p. · Paperback
Description
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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
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).
- A reader-friendly and accessible guide which assumes no prior knowledge of phonetics.
- Contains student-friendly features such as extensive exercises for practising the sounds covered in each chapter, a glossary of technical terms, instructions on how to write phonetic symbols, the latest International Phonetic Alphabet chart and a detailed list of English consonantal variants.
- Presents two standard accents of English: Received Pronunciation, the standard accent of England, General American, the standard accent throughout much of North America.
- The last section of the book provides a detailed discussion of all aspects of speech with extensive examples from languages around the world.