The Sounds of Language: An Introduction to Phonetics

ISBN-13: 9780582381827 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 368 str.

Henry Rogers

Opis

The Sounds of Language provides an accessible, general introduction to phonetics with a special emphasis on English.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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).