An Introduction to English Phonetics

by Richard Ogden

Overview

In the third edition of this bestselling introductory textbook, Richard Ogden presents the concepts, terminology and representations needed for understanding how English is pronounced globally. He guides you through the vocal tract, explains clearly how the sounds of speech are made, and introduces phonetic transcription and acoustic analysis.
This textbook uses naturally-occurring conversational speech throughout so you can get to know the details of everyday talk (and not just the careful pronunciations presented in dictionaries.) Written in a user-friendly style with plenty of examples, this textbook is a great starting point for your first university course on English phonetics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781399507752
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Publication date:	01/12/2024
Series:	Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	305,540
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Richard Ogden is Professor of Linguistics at the University of York. His research focuses on the phonetic details of naturally occurring conversation, including turn-taking, and the phonetic implementation of social actions, combining conversation analytic and phonetic methods. He also has an interest in multimodality.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tablesTo readers Acknowledgements

1. Introduction to phonetics
2. Overview of the human speech mechanism
3. Representing the sounds of speech
4. The larynx, voicing and phonation type
5. Vowels
6. Approximants
7. Plosives
8. Fricatives
9. Nasals
10. Glottalic and velaric airstreams
11. Sounds and structures
12. Conclusion

GlossaryDiscussion of the exercisesFurther readingIndex

Editorial Reviews

This concise and clearly written book is highly practical, encouraging readers to engage in the description, transcription and analysis of a wide range of speech sounds, as well as introducing readers to the acoustics of speech sounds in an accessible way. It serves as ideal preparation for more advanced study.

Gareth Walker

Ogden's hands-on approach engages readers from the beginning. Peppered with observations on everyday speech, it also encourages the reader to listen for more. Previous work is referred to in chunks manageable for a beginner, and at the same time there are hints about discoveries that are yet to be made.

Journal of the International Phonetic Association, Volume 42 (1) - Joanna Przedlacka