Practical Phonetics and Phonology: A resource book for students (Routledge English Language Introductions)

Practical Phonetics and Phonology provides a one stop resource for students with interests in English phonetics. Assuming no prior knowledge and using a minimum of academic jargon, this book aims to present the essentials of the subject in a lively way whilst stressing the day-to-day applications of phonetics and phonology. It covers all the core concepts of speech science, features a discussion of regional and social accent variation, outlines pronunciation change and includes classic readings from key names in the discipline.

Practical Phonetics and Phonology 2^nd edition:

• presents the essentials of the subject in a lively way whilst stressing the day-to-day applications of phonetics and phonology
• covers all the core concepts of speech science such as: the phoneme, syllable structure, production of speech, vowel and consonant possibilities, glottal settings, stress, rhythm, intonation and the surprises of connected speech.
• incorporates classic readings from key names in the discipline including David Abercrombie, David Crystal, Dennis Fry, Daniel Jones, Peter Ladefoged, and Steven Pinker
• includes an audio CD containing a collection of samples provided by genuine speakers of 23 accent varieties from Britain, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore and West Africa.

New features of this edition include: new readings by Peter Trudgill and John Well; a section on English orthography; an appendix of websites dealing with phonetics and accents of English; revised and updated activities and examples. The accompanying CD now includes: British Estuary English and New York English.

The 2nd edition of Practical Phonetics and Phonology will appeal to all students of English language and linguistics and those training for a certificate in TEFL.