Basics of Phonetics and English Phonology

Frank Lorenz

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Frank Lorenz, Basics of Phonetics and English Phonology (2012), Logos Verlag, Berlin, ISBN: 9783832588359

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Basics of Phonetics and English Phonology is a textbook for students of English, designed for students following BA foundation courses as no prior knowledge of linguistics is required. It provides students with a sound understanding of the principles of phonetics in general, but also with a special focus on English phonology. In addition, the exercises offer systematic practical training in IPA transcription. The book is designed for German non-native speakers of English, as specific difficulties in practical pronunciation are highlighted, but it can equally be used by any student interested in the mechanisms of spoken English. The transcription exercises at the end of each chapter are both in British and US American standard pronunciation.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

  • BEGINN
  • Note to Instructors
  • 1 Phonetics, Phonology, Transcription
  • Phonetics vs. Phonology
  • Letters and Sounds
  • IPA – International Phonetics Alphabet
  • Standards of English Pronunciation
  • IPA on Computers
  • IPA Transcription Symbols
  • Exercises
  • 2 The Speech Process
  • Initiation
  • Phonation
  • Articulation
  • Voiced and Voiceless Sounds
  • Exercises
  • 3 Consonants
  • Plosives
  • Nasals
  • Fricatives
  • Affricates
  • Approximants
  • Laterals
  • Taps and Trills
  • Further Places of Articulation
  • Additional Terminology
  • Letter to Sound
  • Exercises
  • 4 Vowels
  • Cardinal Vowels
  • English Monophthongs
  • Full Vowel Chart and Terminology
  • English Diphthongs
  • British vs. American Pronunciation
  • Letter to Sound
  • Weak Forms
  • Exercises
  • 5 Acoustic Phonetics
  • Intensity
  • Pitch
  • Formants
  • Noises and Tones
  • Reading Spectrograms
  • Exercises
  • 6 Allophonic Variation
  • Place of Articulation: Advanced or Retracted
  • Secondary Articulations
  • Manner of Articulation: Difference in Release
  • Aspiration and De-Voicing
  • Length
  • Narrow vs. Broad Transcription
  • Exercises
  • 7 Phonemes and Allophones
  • Minimal Pair Test
  • Distribution of Allophones
  • Phonemic Status in Different Languages
  • Exercises
  • 8 Phonological Processes
  • Assimilation
  • Coalescence
  • Epenthesis
  • Elision and Compression
  • Linking
  • Exercises
  • 9 Syllables
  • Syllable Structure
  • Sonority Sequencing Generalisation
  • Maximum Onset Principle
  • Phonotactic Constraints
  • Exercises
  • 10 Word Stress
  • Word Stress in English
  • Zero-Derivation
  • Compounds
  • Stress-Shifting Suffixes
  • British vs. American Pronunciation
  • Exercises
  • 11 Intonation: Tonality and Tonicity
  • Tonality
  • Tonicity
  • Exercises
  • 12 Intonation: Tone
  • Falling Tones
  • Non-Falling Tones
  • Structure of Intonation Phrases
  • Sentence Types
  • Dependent and Independent Elements
  • Expressiveness
  • Exercises
  • List of IPA Symbols
  • Non-IPA Symbols
  • Solutions to Exercises
  • Figures and Tables
  • Suggested Further Reading
  • Index of Transcription Texts
  • Subject Index
  • Acknowledgements

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