368 Pages
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Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
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Phonetics is the scientific 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. The Sounds of Language provides an accessible, general introduction to phonetics with a special emphasis on English. Focusing on the phonetics of English, the first section allows students to get an overall view... Read more
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
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
Biography
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).
