English phonetics and phonology : A practical course /
Peter Roach
- 3a. ed.
- New York Cambridge University Press 2000
- 283 p.
THE PRODUCTION OF SPEECH SOUNDS. Articulators above the larynx. Vowel and consonant. English short vowels. LONG VOWELS, DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS. Long and short vowels. Diphthongs. Trip thongs. VOICING AND CONSONANTS. The larynx. Respiration and voicing. Plosives. THE PHONEME. Symbols and transcription. Phonology. Fricatives and affricates. Production of fricatives and affricates. The fricatives of English. The affricates. NASALS AND OTHER CONSONANTS. Nasals. THE SYLLABLE. The nature of the syllable. The structure of the English syllable. STRONG AND WEAK SYLLABLES. Strong and weak. Close from and close back vowels. Syllabic consonants. STRESS IN SIMPLE WORDS. The nature of stress. Levels of stress. Placement of stress within the word. COMPLEX WORD STRESS. Weak forms. Problems in phonemic analysis. Aspects of connected speech. Intonation 1, 2, 3. Functions of intonation 1, 2. FURTHER AREAS OF STUDY IN PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY.