Roach, Peter

English Phonetics and Phonology : A Practical Course / Peter Roach. - 3rd ed. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000. - xiii, 283 p : ill ; 23 cm. +

Previous ed.: 1991.

Includes bibliography and index.

$a .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

$a Recognised as the most practical and comprehensive text in the field of phonetics, this third edition of English Phonetics and Phonology includes revised transcriptions, a wider discussion of different varieties of English and an updated treatment of intonation.

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English language--Phonetics.
English language--Phonology.
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

PE1133 / .R55 1983