The teaching of the phonetics and the phonology of British English to undergraduate students is often based on a bare, uncritical presentation of facts as they are usually portrayed in classic publications such as Gimson-Cruttenden, Collins & Mees, Roach, Car, etc. While they present a welcome canonical view of language, there is a danger that students will end up holding a quasi-dogmatic opinion of the phonology of English, with little awareness of other views and approaches. In an attempt to overcome this limitation, the contributors to this volume have tried to combine theory and praxis in tackling different aspects of the phonology of English. The result is this book of readings which will hopefully provide students with reliable and up-to-date information on key issues both at segmental and supra-segmental level.
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- IULMA Monographs
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I - English Segmental Phonetics and Phonology
- CHAPTER 1. THE STATUS OF YOD IN ‘PRECENTRAL’ (GIMSON) POSITION
- CHAPTER 2. SYLLABIC CONSONANTS VS. SCHWA IN ENGLISH. A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY
- CHAPTER 3. FRICATIVES REVISITED
- CHAPTER 4. ENGLISH PLOSIVES: BEYOND THE [±VOICE] DISTINCTION
- Part II - Suprasegmental Aspects of English
- CHAPTER 5. LEXICAL STRESS
- CHAPTER 6. STRESS SHIFT IN ENGLISH: THE CASE OF TEEN NUMBERS
- CHAPTER 7. YOU GOT THE BEAT: RHYTHM AND TIMING
- CHAPTER 8. STUDIES ON THE INTONATION OF ENGLISH: A CRITICAL REVIEW
- CHAPTER 9. PHONOLOGICAL MODELS OF INTONATIONAL DESCRIPTION OF ENGLISH
- CHAPTER 10. A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL MODEL OF THE INTONATION OF CLAUSES IN ENGLISH
- CHAPTER 11: CONNECTED SPEECH: PRONUNCIATION OF WORDS IN CONTEXT
- Part III - New Developments in English
- CHAPTER 12. BRITISH OR AMERICAN ENGLISH? A STUDY OF FOUR PHONOLOGICAL VARIABLES IN CLIFF RICHARD’S SONGS AND SPEECH OVER A PERIOD OF 50 YEARS
- CHAPTER 13. RECENT CHANGES IN ENGLISH PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY AND THEIR REPRESENTATION IN PHONETIC NOTATION
- CHAPTER 14. SOME RECENT CHANGES AND DEVELOPMENTS IN BRITISH ENGLISH
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