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Pronunciation and phonetics : a practical guide for English language teachers / Adam Brown.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: ESL and applied linguistics professional seriesPublisher: New York ; London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (xii, 311 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781315858098 (electronic bk.)
  • 1315858096 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 421/.5 23
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Contents:
Section I. Phonetics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Accents of English worldwide -- 3. Airstreams and the vocal cords -- 4. Cardinal vowels -- 5. Vowels -- 6. The vocal organs and consonant classification -- 7. Plosives and nasals -- 8. Fricatives and affricates -- 9. Approximants -- 10. Non-English sounds -- 11. Syllable structure -- 12. Phonemes -- 13. Accent differences -- 14. Phonology -- 15. Weakening and linking -- 16. Assimilation and elision -- 17. Connected speech processes -- 18. Pausing and speed -- 19. Word stress -- 20. Tone groups -- 21. Tones -- 22. Rhythm -- 23. Voice quality -- Section II. Pronunciation Teaching -- 24. Targets -- 25. Integration -- 26. The effectiveness of pronunciation teaching -- 27. Motivation and affect -- 28. Fossilization -- 29. First language influence -- 30. Importance -- 31. Spelling: History -- 32. Spelling: Literacy -- 33. Nonverbal communication -- 34. Listening -- 35. Testing -- Section III. Sample Exercises.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-309) and index.

Section I. Phonetics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Accents of English worldwide -- 3. Airstreams and the vocal cords -- 4. Cardinal vowels -- 5. Vowels -- 6. The vocal organs and consonant classification -- 7. Plosives and nasals -- 8. Fricatives and affricates -- 9. Approximants -- 10. Non-English sounds -- 11. Syllable structure -- 12. Phonemes -- 13. Accent differences -- 14. Phonology -- 15. Weakening and linking -- 16. Assimilation and elision -- 17. Connected speech processes -- 18. Pausing and speed -- 19. Word stress -- 20. Tone groups -- 21. Tones -- 22. Rhythm -- 23. Voice quality -- Section II. Pronunciation Teaching -- 24. Targets -- 25. Integration -- 26. The effectiveness of pronunciation teaching -- 27. Motivation and affect -- 28. Fossilization -- 29. First language influence -- 30. Importance -- 31. Spelling: History -- 32. Spelling: Literacy -- 33. Nonverbal communication -- 34. Listening -- 35. Testing -- Section III. Sample Exercises.

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