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Practical Phonetics for Students of African Languages book cover

1st Edition

Practical Phonetics for Students of African Languages

By D Westermann, Ida C. Ward Copyright 1933
194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge
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First published in 1933, this book looks at the phonetics of African languages. It argues that a good grounding in phonetics and tone work is an indispensable preliminary to any one embarking on a study of African language and so provides the material necessary for this in a simple form. The volume is primarily a practical manual for students of African languages but will also be an invaluable... Read more

Foreword By Professor Daniel Jones  1. The Difficulties of Learning a New Language  2. Phonetic Alphabets and Phonetic Orthography  3. The Organs of Speech  4. Classification of Sounds: Vowels and Consonants  5. Phonemes  6. Vowels of African Languages  7. Less Usual Vowels  8. Nasalized vowels  9. Diphthongs  10. Consonants: classification and Description (General)  11. Plosive Consonants  12. Nasal Consonants  13. Lateral, Rolled, and Flapped Consonants  14. Fricative Consonants  15. Affricates  16. Semi-Vowels  17. Implosive Consonants  18. Ejective Consonants  19. Click Consonants  20. Sounds with More Than One Articulation  21. Syllables  22. Stress: Length  23. Sounds in Connected Speech  24. Tone Languages and How to Study Them;  Bibliography;  Subject Index;  Index of Languages

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Authored by Westermann, D; Ward, Ida C.

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