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By Mike Davenport,S.J. Hannahs

ISBN-10: 144410988X

ISBN-13: 9781444109887

This ebook examines the various ways that linguists can exhibit what local audio system learn about the sound approach in their language.

Intended for absolutely the newbie, it calls for no prior historical past in linguistics, phonetics or phonology. beginning with a grounding in phonetics and phonological thought, the publication offers a base from which extra complex remedies will be approached.

It starts with an exam of the principles of articulatory and acoustic phonetics, strikes directly to the fundamental rules of phonology, and ends with an summary of a few extra concerns inside modern phonology. different types of English, rather acquired Pronunciation and normal American, shape the focal point of attention, yet features of the phonetics and phonology of different languages are mentioned as well.

This new version contains extra dialogue of Optimality concept and a brand new word list of phrases. it's been up to date all through to take account of the newest advancements in phonological idea, yet with out sacrificing the book's ease of use for beginners.

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