Sounds Fascinating : Further Observations on English Phonetics and Phonology
by
J. C. Wells
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
110715779X
ISBN-13
9781107157798
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 22nd, 2016
Print length
222 Pages
Weight
55 grams
Dimensions
18.60 x 26.00 x 2.90 cms
Product Classification:
Phonetics, phonology
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This well-known writer offers an accessible insight into several aspects of phonetics - speech sounds, pronunciation, accents, intonation, and phonetic symbols.
How do you pronounce biopic, synod, and Breughel? - and why? Do our cake and archaic sound the same? Where does the stress go in stalagmite? What's odd about the word epergne? Pontcysyllte is obviously Welsh, but Penge is Welsh too! How cool is Caol in the Highlands of Scotland? What can Wesley's hymns tell us about sound change in English? How do people pronounce Wroclaw in Poland? How can anyone manage to say Gdynia as just two syllables? Why is the village of Frith in the island of Montserrat usually pronounced as if spelt Frits? What embarrassing faux pas in English did a Russian conglomerate make? Should I bild a cubbard instead of building a cupboard? How should we capitalize an exclamation mark, and why might we need to? What's a depressor consonant? As a finale, the author writes a letter to his 16-year-old self.
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