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English Phonetics, Phonology and Spelling for the English Language Teacher book cover

1st Edition

English Phonetics, Phonology and Spelling for the English Language Teacher

By Laurie Bauer Copyright 2024
188 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

188 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

188 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This resource supports TESOL preservice and in-service teachers and curriculum designers in teaching pronunciation more effectively. Laurie Bauer examines the patterns of pronunciation found in English, comments on common errors made by learners, provides advice on what must be taught and what can be allowed to pass, and offers commentary on which parts of the curriculum are necessary for... Read more

List of Figures and Tables

Preface

Part I. Introductory material

1 Introduction

2 The phonetic background

Part II. Mostly phonetics

3 Consonants

4 Vowels

5 Prosody

6 Phonotactics and syllables

7 Extra advice for teachers

Part III. Phonology

8 Sound changes influenced by adjacent sounds

9 Morphophonemics

10 Stress rules

11 Free variation

Part IV. Spelling

12 English spelling

13 Spelling consonants

14 Spelling vowels

15 Names and other difficult words

Reading and References

Index

Biography

Laurie Bauer, FRSNZ, is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is the author of over twenty books including being one of the authors of The Oxford Reference Guide to English Morphology (2013), which won the Linguistic Society of America’s Leonard Bloomfield Prize. In 2017, he was awarded the Royal Society of New Zealand’s Humanities Medal.

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