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Author Tench, Paul.

Title Transcribing the sound of English : a phonetics workbook for words and discourse / Paul Tench.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2011]
©2011

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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.
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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
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