Sound Patterns of Spoken English

English

ISBN: 0470758244

EAN: 9780470758243

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines / Phonetics & Phonics/Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics/Language Arts & Disciplines / Speech/Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication/

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Release Date: 11/14/2007

Synopsis: Sound Patterns of Spoken English is a concise, to-the-point compendium of information about the casual pronunciation of everyday English as compared to formal citation forms.

• Concise, to-the-point compendium of information about casual pronunciation of English as compared to citation forms.
  
• Covers varieties of English language including General American and Standard Southern British.
  
• Overlaps the boundaries of several areas of study including sociolinguistics, lexicography, rhetoric, and speech sciences.
  
• Examines English pronunciation as found in everyday speech.
  
• Accompanied by website at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/shockey featuring examples from different accents.

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Sound Patterns of Spoken English

Illustrated: No

Format: eBook - PDF

Pages: 168