Description |
1 online resource (192 pages) : illustrations |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Words . . .; Why transcribe?; 1. Vowels; The short vowels; The long vowels; Monophthongs ('pure' vowels); Diphthongs; The weak vowels; Summary; 2. Consonants; Plosives; Nasals; Fricatives; Affricates; Approximants; Summary; Syllabic Consonants; Inflections; 3. Word Stress; Compound words; 4. Allophones; Consonants; Aspiration; Glottal reinforcement; Voiced flapping; Devoicing; /r/; Fronting, backing and rounding; Summary of allophones for each consonant; Vowels; Nasalization; Clipping; Breaking; Smoothing. |
|
Diphthongization5. Accents; Lexical sets; USA; London; West Country; Midlands; North of England; Scotland; Wales; Northern Ireland; Africa; India; A foreign accent; 6. Phrases; Assimilation; Elision; Epenthesis; Liaison; Part II ... and Discourse; 7. Rhythm; Prepositions; Conjunctions; Determiners; Titles; Pronouns; Auxiliary verbs; Modal 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; 8. Intonation: tonality; Introduction; Symbols; Tonality. |
|
Tonality and grammatical contrasts9. Intonation: tonicity; Neutral and marked tonicity; Broad and narrow focus; Final adjuncts; 10. Intonation: tone; Tones; Statements and questions; Directives; Social interaction; 11. Intonation: secondary tone; Secondary tones; Heads and pre-heads; 12. Intonation: paratones; Paratones; Calling; Bibliography; Index. |
Summary |
Enjoy developing skills in phonetics with easy explanations, 'can't-go-wrong' exercises, audio back-up, real life talk and words to intonation. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
English language -- Phonetic transcriptions.
|
|
English language. |
|
Discourse analysis.
|
|
Discourse analysis. |
|
English language -- Problems, exercises, etc.
|
Genre/Form |
Problems and exercises.
|
|
Electronic books.
|
|
Problems and exercises.
|
Other Form: |
Print version: Tench, Paul. Transcribing the sound of English. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2011 9781107000193 (DLC) 2011501318 (OCoLC)748625891 |
ISBN |
9781139128018 (electronic book) |
|
1139128019 (electronic book) |
|
9781139112994 |
|
1139112996 |
|
9780511698361 (electronic book) |
|
0511698364 (electronic book) |
|
9781139117357 |
|
1139117351 |
|
1283298511 |
|
9781283298513 |
|
9781107000193 |
|
110700019X |
|
9780521166058 |
|
0521166055 |
|
9781139115186 |
Standard No. |
9786613298515 |
|