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Transcribing the sound of English : a phonetics workbook for words and discourse /
Enjoy developing skills in phonetics with easy explanations, 'can't-go-wrong' exercises, audio back-up, real life talk and words to intonation.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.