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Transcribing the sound of English : a phonetics workbook for words and discourse

Tench, Paul.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Bibliographic Information


Format: Book
Author: Tench, Paul.
Subject: English language
Discourse analysis
Publication Year:2011
Language:English
Published:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
ISBN:9780521166058
0521166055
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-189) and index.
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Why transcribe? -- The short vowels -- The long vowels -- Monophthongs ('pure' vowels) -- Diphthongs -- The weak vowels -- Summary -- Consonants -- Plosives -- Nasals -- Fricatives -- Affricates -- Approximants -- Summary -- Syllabic consonants -- Inflections -- Word stress -- compound words -- Allophones -- Consonants -- Aspiration -- Glottal reinforcement -- Voiced flapping -- Devoicing -- /r/ -- Fronting, backing and rounding -- Summary of allophones for each consonant -- Vowels -- Nasalization -- Clipping -- Breaking -- Smoothing -- Diphthongization -- Accents -- Lexical sets -- USA -- London -- West Country -- Midlands -- North of England -- Scotland -- Wales -- Northern Ireland -- Africa -- India -- A foreign accent -- Phrases -- Assimilation -- Elision -- Epenthesis -- Liaison -- Rhythm -- Prepositions -- Conjunctions -- Determiners -- Titles -- Pronouns -- Auxiliary verbs -- Just, not, so, there -- Syllable elision in lexical items and phrases -- Transcription text 1 Goldilocks -- Transcription text 2 Travelling to Italy -- Transcription text 3 9/11 -- Intonation: tonality -- Introduction -- Symbols -- Tonality -- Tonality and grammatical contrasts -- Intonation: tonicity -- Neutral and marked tonicity -- Broad and narrow focus -- Final adjuncts -- Intonation: tone -- Tones -- Statements and questions -- Directives -- Social interaction -- IntonationL secondary tone -- Secondary tones -- Heads and pre-heads -- Intonation: paratones -- Paratones -- Calling.
Course: ENG381

Availability at HKSYU Library


Location Call number Status
English Book (4/F) 421.58 TEN 2011 Available