The Sounds of English Around the World
An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology
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- Author: Jette G. Hansen Edwards, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Date Published: September 2023
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108841665
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Most introductions to English phonetics and phonology focus primarily on British or American English, which fails to account for the rich diversity of English varieties globally. This book addresses this gap, providing an overview of English phonetics and phonology through an exploration of the sounds of English around the world, including older varieties of English such as American, Canadian, British, and Australian Englishes, as well as new varieties of English such as Indian, Singaporean, Hong Kong, and Kenyan English. It focuses on diversity in vowels and consonants, allophonic variation, and stress and intonation patterns across regional, ethnic and social varieties of English in North America, The Caribbean, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. Listening exercises are incorporated throughout to facilitate the understanding of different concepts, and the book also has an accompanying website with a wide range of speech samples, allowing readers to hear the phonetics of the varieties under discussion.
Read more- Provides a broader and more expansive focus on English phonetics and phonology through the sounds of English spoken around the world
- Incorporates listening exercises in every chapter to facilitate understanding of different concepts and constructs, and is accompanied by a website which includes examples of Englishes from around the world, to familiarize readers with a range of varieties of English
- Equips readers with the tools to acknowledge, understand, and analyze similarities and differences across Englishes worldwide, and to analyze their own phonological features, through exercises on phonetic transcription and acoustic analysis
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- Date Published: September 2023
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108841665
- length: 372 pages
- dimensions: 251 x 176 x 25 mm
- weight: 0.81kg
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. The history and spread of English worldwide
3. The vowels of English
4. Rhoticity in varieties of English
5. The consonants of English
6. English syllable structure
7. English stress and rhythm
8. Intonation in varieties of English
9. Investigating English phonetics and phonology.
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