A Manual of English Phonetics and Phonology: Twelve Lessons with an Integrated Course in Phonetic TranscriptionGunter Narr Verlag, 2005 - 169 pages This is a fully integrated course book aimed at university students of English in the German-speaking region. It presents a staged and clearly developed introduction to the theory of pronunciation combined with a wealth of transcription exercises and an accompanying CD. The book requires no prior knowledge of linguistics. From the outset, it explains key concepts in easy-to-understand language, highlights key terms in the text for easy review, and gives translations of many of the terms into German. Additionally, a glossary provides students with a handy quick reference. A special feature of the book is that particular attention is given to areas the authors have experienced as challenging for students, such as the difference between phonetics and phonology, inconsistencies in terminology, and different transcription conventions. The transcription exercises guide students from exploratory tasks to basic transcription to the more demanding transcription of natural dialogue, and all exercises are supplied with annotated solutions. The book is carefully divided into lessons and exercises which can be managed in 12 two-hour classes, leaving enough time for review and examination in a university term of 14 weeks or more. Despite its clearly defined scope, the book also prepares the students for the study of other languages or for courses in general linguistics through its general approach and frequent references to other languages. As an independent and fully-integrated course, A Manual of English Phonetics and Phonology presents the teacher with a valuable class-ready resource, and the student with a stimulating, attainable, and insightful introduction to the study of linguistics in general, and phonetics and phonology in particular. |
Table des matières
Whose pronunciation are we describing? | 6 |
CONSONANTS | 19 |
The problem cases | 25 |
VOWELS | 31 |
Lax and tense | 37 |
ALLOPHONIC VARIATION | 43 |
Two or three types of phonetic transcription | 49 |
CONNECTED SPEECH | 50 |
CONNECTED SPEECH CONTD | 87 |
Elision | 94 |
MORE ALLOPHONES | 109 |
INTONATION | 119 |
Solutions to the exercises | 127 |
33 | 133 |
Glossary of linguistic terms | 151 |
43 | |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
affricate air-stream allophones alveolar plosive alveolar ridge assimilation of place centre closure connected speech consonant cluster devoiced diacritic diphthong Elision of word-final English environments example ǝnd fortis plosives fricative glottal stop grammatical words həd horizontal swung line influence intensity of articulation intermediate intonation intrusive IPA symbols juncture labialised labiodental language lenis consonants Lesson Five linguistics linking sound lowered horizontal swung manner of articulation monophthong morpheme nasal non-rhotic accents occurs palate palatoalveolar phoneme phonetic transcription phonetic transcription proper phonology pitch place of articulation produced prominent pronounced r-sound realisation rhotic accents rhythm schwa secondary articulation sequence sound quality speaker speech organs speech sounds spelling spoken stress strong form suffix syllabic consonant syllable Third-person singular tion tone unit transcribed unstressed syllables usually velar velarised verbs vocal folds voice vowels and lenis weak forms wəz wið word boundaries word-initial