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The phonetics of English and Dutch.

Provides an introductory course on the phonetics of English and Dutch. Theoretical and practical aspects of the subject are explained for the student by means of numerous self-study exercises in articulation and transcription. This book contains a contrastive description of British RP English and of...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Mees, Inger M. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: BRILL 2003.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Preface; 1. A working basis; 2. The phoneme; 3. Transcription; 4. The speech mechanism; 5. Classification of consonants; 6. Fortis/lenis contrast in Dutch and English; 7. Secondary articulation; 8. Description and classification of vowels; 9. Back to the phoneme; 10. Phonation and states of the glottis; 11. English checked vowels; 12. English free vowels; 13. Sounds and spelling: vowels; 14. The vowels of Dutch; 15. English fricative consonants; 16. English stop consonants; 17. English nasal and approximant consonants; 18. Sounds and spelling: consonants; 19. The consonants of Dutch.