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Applied Phonetics

by: Edwards, Harold

Applied Phonetics

by: Edwards, Harold

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9780769302607
ISBN 10:
0769302602
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 12/16/2002
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Summary

Applied Phonetics is the only comprehensive, systematic, and classroom tested approach to understanding phonetics and phonetic transcription currently available. This product provides an introduction to the field of phonetics and provides a complete overview of each of the sounds of American English. Workbook containing additional practice exercises, flashcards, and audio CDs also available.

Preface

PART I INTRODUCTION TO PHONETICS

(58)

The Study of Phonetics

(12)

Introduction

(1)

Branches of Phonetics

(5)

Phonetics: A Tool Subject

(1)

Terms Worth Knowing

(3)

Dynamic Nature of Speech

(1)

Summary

(1)

Study Questions

(1)

Exercises in Applied Phonetics Workbook

(1)

Language, Dialects, Registers, and Idiolects

(9)

Introduction

(1)

Dialects and Registers

(1)

Major Dialects of American English

(4)

Determining Your Speech History, or Idiolect

(1)

A Dialect Survey for Your Use

(2)

Study Questions

(1)

Exercises in Applied Phonetics Workbook

(1)

Classifying the Sounds of Speech

(21)

Introduction

(3)

Vowels and Consonants

(2)

Voicing

(1)

Place of Articulation

(3)

Manner of Articulation

(3)

Other Manners of Articulation

(1)

Distinctive Feature Theory

(6)

Phonetic Features That Do Not Distinguish Phonemes

(1)

Other Ways of Classifying Speech Sounds

(1)

Summary

(1)

Study Questions

(1)

Exercises in Applied Phonetics Workbook

(1)

Some Applications of Phonetic Theory

(15)

Introduction

(1)

Relationship Between Phonetics and Phonology

(3)

Advantages of Using Distinctive Features to Write Phonological Rules

(2)

Reading and Writing Phonological Rules with Distinctive Features

(2)

Clinical Phonetics: Consonantal Deviations

(4)

Clinical Phonetics: Vowel Deviations

(1)

Summary

(1)

Study Questions

(1)

Exercise in Applied Phonetics Workbook

(2)

PART II THE SOUNDS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH: A RESOURCE FOR PHONETICIANS

(270)

Overview

(1)

Organization of the Data

(6)

Exercise in Applied Phonetics Workbook

(1)

Sounds and Symbols: The Phonetic Alphabet

(3)

The Stop Consonants

(39)

Introduction

(2)

/p/

(6)

/b/

(5)

/t/

(7)

/d/

(6)

/k/

(5)

/g/

100

(6)

Study Questions

106

(1)

Exercises in Applied Phonetics Workbook

106

(2)

The Fricative Consonants

108

(48)

Introduction

108

(1)

/f/

109

(5)

/v/

114

(5)

/θ/

119

(5)

/o/

124

(5)

/s/

129

(5)

/z/

134

(5)

/∫/

139

(5)

/3/

144

(6)

/h/

150

(5)

Study Questions

155

(1)

Exercises in Applied Phonetics Workbook

155

(1)

The Affricate Consonants

156

(13)

Introduction

156

(1)

/t∫/

157

(5)

/d3/

162

(6)

Study Questions

168

(1)

Exercises in Applied Phonetics Workbook

168

(1)

The Nasal Consonants

169

(18)

Introduction

169

(1)

/m/

170

(5)

/n/

175

(5)

/n/

180

(5)

Study Questions

185

(1)

Exercises in Applied Phonetics Workbook

186

(1)

The Glide, Liquid, and Lateral Consonants

187

(29)

Introduction

187

(2)

/j/

189

(5)

/w/

194

(5)

/hw/

199

(3)

/r/

202

(6)

/l/

208

(6)

Study Questions

214

(1)

Exercises in Applied Phonetics Workbook

214

(2)

The Front Vowels

216

(30)

Introduction

216

(1)

/i/

217

(5)

/I/

222

(6)

/e/

228

(5)

/ε/

233

(6)

/æ/

239

(5)

Study Questions

244

(1)

Exercises in Applied Phonetics Workbook

245

(1)

The Central Vowels

246

(24)

Introduction

246

(1)

/Λ/

247

(5)

/e/

252

(6)

/ε/

258

(5)

/e/

263

(6)

Study Questions

269

(1)

Exercises in Applied Phonetics Workbook

269

(1)

The Back Vowels

270

(30)

Introduction

270

(1)

/u/

271

(5)

/u/

276

(6)

/o/

282

(5)

/c/

287

(6)

/a/

293

(5)

Study Questions

298

(1)

Exercises in Applied Phonetics Workbook

299

(1)

The Diphthongs

300

(29)

Introduction

300

(1)

/aI/

301

(7)

/au/

308

(6)

/cI/

314

(6)

/ju/

320

(7)

Study Questions

327

(1)

Exercises in Applied Phonetics Workbook

328

(1)

PART III THE SUPRASEGMENTALS

329

(10)

Are Two Levels of Phonetic Analysis Sufficient?

329

(1)

Why Do We Need a Suprasegmental Level of Analysis?

329

(2)

Stress, Intonation, and Rhythm

331

(8)

Stress and Accent

331

(1)

The Function of Phonetic Stress?

331

(1)

How Is Stress Manifested in Speech?

332

(3)

Question Intonation

335

(1)

The Timing of Speech: Rhythm

336

(1)

The IPA and Suprasegmentals

336

(1)

Summary

337

(1)

Study Questions

338

(1)

Exercises in Applied Phonetics Workbook

338

(1)

APPENDIXES

339

(25)

A. Relative Frequency of Letters in English

339

(2)

B. Relative Frequency of Occurrence of Phonemes in English

341

(3)

C. Developmental Data for the Sounds of English

344

(6)

D. Understanding Sound Spectrograms

350

(7)

E. Relative Acoustic Power for the English Phonemes

357

(3)

F. Relative Difficulty of Recognizing the Phonemes of American English

360

(4)

References

364

(3)

Glossary

367

(12)

Index

379

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Applied Phonetics

Applied Phonetics

9780769302607

0769302602

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