Applied Phonetics: The Sounds of American English

by Harold T. Edwards

Overview

Written and designed to optimize the learning of the sounds of American English, this updated textbook continues to be scrupulously researched and reinforced for today's usage in a simple format designed for assimilation, transference to actual transcription, and retention. Students are engaged through relevant examples and challenged to use and "think" phonetics.
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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565938489
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	07/28/1997
Series:	Dysphagia Series
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	388
Product dimensions:	7.09(w) x 10.24(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edwards, Harold T., PhD (Wichita State Univ)

Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO PHONETICS. The Suprasegmentals in American English. The Study of Phonetics. Language, Dialects, Registers, and Idiolects. Classifying the Sounds of Speech. Some Applications of Phonetic Theory. PART II: THE SOUNDS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH. The Stop Consonants. The Fricative, Affricate, Nasal, Glide, Liquid, and Lateral Consonants. The Front, Central, and Back Vowels. The Diphthongs. PART III: THE SUPRASEGMENTALS. Stress, Intonation, and Rhythm. References. Glossary. Appendixes. Subject Index.