Authors: Kreidler
ISBN-13: 9781405113366, ISBN-10: 1405113367
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: January 2004
Edition: 2nd Edition
Charles W. Kreidler is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at Georgetown University. His publications include The Dynamics of Language (co-author, 1971), Introducing English Semantics (1998), and Phonology: Critical Concepts (edited, 6 volumes, 2000).
This revised second edition provides an introduction to the phonetics and phonology of English. It incorporates all central aspects of research in the phonology of English and involves the reader at every step, with over 80 exercises leading students to discover facts, to formulate general statements, and to apply concepts.
Preface to the Second Edition | ||
About this Book | ||
1 | Language and Speech | 1 |
2 | Sound ... and Voice | 13 |
3 | Consonants | 30 |
4 | Vowels and Glides | 45 |
5 | Syllables and Stress | 68 |
6 | Phonotactics | 88 |
7 | Consonant and Vowel Variation | 108 |
8 | Some Consequences of Phonotactics | 124 |
9 | The Rhythm of English Speech | 140 |
10 | Intonation | 163 |
11 | Predicting Word Stress | 179 |
12 | Prefixes, Compound Words, and Phrases | 200 |
13 | Phonological Processes in Speech | 223 |
14 | Phonological Processes and the Lexicon | 242 |
App | A List of Word-endings and their Effects on Stress | 273 |
Glossary of Technical Terms | 284 | |
Bibliography | 296 | |
Index | 303 |