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The phonetics of English and Dutch /

"This fifth revised edition, now with corrections incorporating the reactions of Dutch and Belgian users, provides a complete introductory course on the phonetics of English and Dutch based on an essentially practical approach to the subject. No previous knowledge of phonetics is assumed and al...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Collins, Beverley
Other Authors: Mees, Inger M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
Edition:5th rev. ed.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. working basis
  • 2. phoneme
  • 3. Transcription
  • 4. 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. vowels of Dutch
  • 15. English fricative consonants
  • 16. English stop consonants
  • 17. English nasal and approximant consonants
  • 18. Sounds and spelling: consonants
  • 19. consonants of Dutch
  • 20. Patterns of adjustment in connected speech: assimilation and elision
  • 21. Articulatory setting in English and Dutch
  • 22. Stress and rhythm
  • 23. Pitch, tone and intonation
  • 24. Functions of intonation in English
  • 25. Intonation in Dutch and English compared
  • 26. Error analysis
  • 27. brief look at other accents of the British Isles
  • 28. Some differences between American and British English
  • Guide to the technique of phonemic transcription
  • Guide to the technique of allophonic description
  • International Phonetic Alphabet
  • English Phonetic Symbol checksheet.