English Phonetics and Phonology provides a detailed yet accessible foundational account of the science of speech sounds. Suitable for introductory courses, this textbook presents the key skills and knowledge needed to differentiate between letters and sounds and how they are influenced by stress, rhythm and intonation.
English Phonetics and Phonology provides a detailed yet accessible foundational account of the science of speech sounds. Suitable for introductory courses, this textbook presents the key skills and knowledge needed to differentiate between letters and sounds and how they are influenced by stress, rhythm and intonation.
Frank Lorenz is a senior lecturer in English Linguistics at the University of Erfurt, with over twenty years of teaching experience. Specializing in phonetics and phonology, his teaching also focuses on other linguistic disciplines such as sociolinguistics and variationist linguists. He has previously served as interim Professor for Speech Science and Phonetics at the University of Halle-Wittenberg and has also been involved in the SALi education reform project at the University of Erfurt.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Sounds of Language 2. Speech Production Process 3. Consonants 4. Vowels: Monophthongs 5. Diphthongs, Pre-Rhotic and Weak Vowels 6. Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics 7. Coarticulation 8. Phonemes and Allophones 9. Phonological Processes 10. Syllables 11. Word Stress 12. Speech Rhythm 13. Intonation 14. Accents of English.