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Fundamentals of phonetics : a practical guide for students / Larry H. Small.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Small, Larry H., 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Phonetics--Problems, exercises, etc.
- English language.
- English language--Phonetics.
- Genre:
- Problems and exercises.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 420 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Pearson, [2016]
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Phonetics: A "Sound" Science
- Learning Objectives
- Variation in Phonetic Practice
- The IPA and Unicode Fonts
- A Note on Pronunciation and Dialect
- Study Questions
- Online Resources
- 2. Phonetic Transcription of English
- The Difference Between Spelling and Sound
- Morphemes
- Phonemes
- Allophones: Members of a Phoneme Family
- Syllables
- Word Stress
- Broad Versus Narrow Transcription
- Review Exercises
- Assignments
- 3. Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism
- The Respiratory System and Respiration
- The Laryngeal System and Phonation
- The Supralaryngeal System and Articulation
- The Vocal Tract and Resonance
- 4. Vowels
- What Is a Vowel?
- Transcription of the English Vowels
- Note continued: Assignments
- 5. Consonants
- What Is a Consonant?
- Consonants Versus Vowels
- Manner, Place, and Voicing
- Transcription of the English Consonants
- 6. Acoustic Characteristics of Vowels and Consonants
- Time, Frequency, and Intensity
- Vowels
- Consonants
- 7. Connected Speech
- Assimilation
- Suprasegmental Aspects of Speech
- 8. Clinical Phonetics: Transcription of Speech Sound Disorders
- Phonological Processes
- Children with Phonological Disorders
- Transcription of Speech Sound Disorders: Diacritics
- The extIPA and the VoQS
- Transcription of Speech Sound Disorders: Non-English Phonemes
- Suggestions for Transcription
- Note continued: Review Exercises
- Online Resource
- 9. Dialectal Variation
- Regional Dialects
- Southern American English
- Eastern American English
- Social and Ethnic Dialects
- African American English
- Learning English as a Second Language
- Spanish-Influenced English
- Asian-Influenced English I: East Asian Languages
- Asian-Influenced English II: Asian Indian English
- Russian- and Arabic-Influenced English
- Assignments.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780133895728
- 0133895726
- OCLC:
- 894670590
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