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Roach, Peter

English phonetics and phonology / Peter Roach. - 3rd ed. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000. - xiii, 283 p : ill ; 23 cm. +

Previous ed.: 1991.

Includes bibliography and index.

1. Introduction --
2. The production of speech sounds --
3. Long vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs --
4. Voicing and consonants --
5. The phoneme --
6. Fricatives and affricates --
7. Nasals and other consonants --
8. The syllable --
9. Strong and weak syllables --
10. Stress in simple words --
11. Complex word stress --
12. Weak forms --
13. Problems in phonemic analysis --
14. Aspects of connected speech --
15. Intonation 1 --
16. Intonation 2 --
17. Intonation 3 --
18. Functions of intonation 1 --
19. Functions of intonation 2 --
20. Further areas of study in phonetics and phonology TOC

Bridging the gap between simple pronunciation handbooks and technical phonetics and phonology textbooks, this new edition takes into account recent developments on the teaching of phonology.



ISBN: 0521786134 9780521786133 0521797993 (Audio CD set) 0521797985 (Audio cassette set) 0521684285

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English language--Phonetics.
English language--Phonology.
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

Dewey Class. No.: 421 / ROE 2000