The Pronunciation of Standard English in America: and American English / Edition 1

by George Phillip Krapp, Gilbert M. Tucker

Overview

Part of the series on American English from 1781 to 1921, Volume VIII includes a guide to the phonetics of American English with the purpose to provide a rational method of examining pronunciation, the most important of the practical aspects of speech. Also included is American English (1921) that reflects the progressive development of the author’s ideas on the subject over a forty-year period. It consists of a critical discussion of works on Americanisms, a list of ‘exotic’ or supposed Americanisms which appear in the primary collections of Americanisms, a list of ‘real’ Americanisms which do not appear in those works, a list of misunderstood Americanisms, and finally a bibliography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415279727
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/23/2003
Series:	History and Development of World Englishes Ser.
Pages:	646
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

George Phillip Krapp was a distinguished philologist and professor of English at Columbia University. Gilbert M. Tucker - from 1897–1911 he was editor-in-chief of this magazine under the title the Country Gentleman. He served as president of the New York State Agricultural Society, and as a trustee of Cornell University from 1905–1906.

Table of Contents

Preface; Chapter II Description of Sounds; Chapter III Sounds and Their Occurrence; S148 Foreword; Chapter 2 Ten Important Treatises; Chapter 3 Exotic Americanisms; Chapter 4 Some Real Americanisms; Chapter 5 Misunderstood and Imaginary Americanisms; Chapter 6 The Bibliography of the Subject;