Name: Applied English Phonology von Mehmet Yavas, Ph.D.
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Applied English Phonology Zusammenfassung

Applied English Phonology Mehmet Yavas, Ph.D.

Applied English Phonology covers the fundamental aspects of the English sound system including basic phonetic elements, phonemics, allophonic rules of English consonants and vowels, phonotactics, and stress and intonation. This work: fulfills the need for a practical and accessible source of applied English phonology for students from Applied Linguistics, TESOL, and Speech Pathology programs; includes a chapter on the acoustics of English sounds that provides practitioners with invaluable insights into remediation; and, contains extensive exercises to aid the reader in understanding and assimilating the material more effectively. The Answer Key is available for instructors at the website.

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Applied English Phonology is original and unique among books of its sort ... In addition to covering segmental phonetics, syllable structure, word stress and English intonation in a clear and accessible manner, it also incorporates an introduction to acoustic phonetics and to graphophonemics. I know of no other introduction to English phonetics and phonology which covers all of this ... A well-conceived, well-written and well-executed book. Linguistics A detailed description of English phonetics and phonology that can be easily understood by those with no prior training in linguistics. This volume provides excellent background information for teachers of ESL/EFL. Roy Major, Arizona State University Written in an accessible format, Applied English Phonology combines foundational information on phonetics and phonology with their relation to practical application. This volume makes an outstanding contribution to the field of applied phonology and will be a welcome addition to practitioners in a variety of professions. Brian Goldstein, Temple University

Über Mehmet Yavas, Ph.D.

Mehmet Yavas is Professor of Linguistics at Florida International University and the author of numerous publications, including Phonology: Development and Disorders (1998), First and Second Language Phonology (edited, 1994), and Phonological Disorders in Children: Theory, Research, and Practice (1991).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. Note to the Instructor. 1. Phonetics. 1.1 Introduction. 1.2 Phonetic transcription. 1.3 Description and articulation of sounds of English. 1.3.1 The vocal tract. 1.3.2 Voicing. 1.3.3 Places of articulation. 1.3.4 Manners of articulation. 1.3.5 Voice onset time. 1.3.6 Vowels and diphthongs. 1.4 Additional sounds. 1.4.1 States of glottis. 1.4.2 Places and manners of articulation. 1.4.3 Consonants made with non-pulmonic air stream mechanism. 1.4.4 Vowels. 1.5 Cardinal vowels. 1.6 Syllables and suprasegmentals. Summary. Exercises. 2. Phonology. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Complementary versus overlapping distribution. 2.2.1 Overlapping distribution and contrast. 2.2.2 Complementary distribution. 2.3 Phonemic analysis: A mini demo. 2.4 Free variation. 2.5 Morphophonology. 2.6 Practical uses of phonological analysis. Summary. Exercises. 3. English consonants. 3.1 Stops. 3.2 Fricatives. 3.3 Affricates. 3.4 Nasals. 3.5 Approximants. Summary. Exercises. 4. English vowels. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Vowel set of American English. 4.2.1 Phonetic properties of vowels. 4.2.2 Tense !V lax. 4.2.3 Nasalized vowels. 4.2.4 Length. 4.2.5 Vowels before /Y/. 4.2.6 Vowels before /l/. 4.3 Front vowels. 4.4 Central vowels. 4.5 Back vowels. 4.6 Diphthongs. 4.7 Full vowel !V reduced vowels. 4.8 Full forms vs. reduced forms of function words. Summary. Exercises. 5. Acoustics of vowels and consonants. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Vowels. 5.3 Diphthongs. 5.4 Consonants. 5.4.1 Stops. 5.4.2 Fricatives. 5.4.3 Affricates. 5.4.4 Approximants. 5.4.5 Nasals. 5.5 Putting it together. 5.6 Context. 5.7 Practical applications: some examples. Summary. Exercises. 6. Syllables. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Number of syllables. 6.3 Sonority. 6.4 Syllabification. 6.5 English syllable phonotactics. 6.5.1 Single onsets. 6.5.2 Double onsets. 6.5.3 Triple onsets. 6.5.4 Codas. 6.5.5 Double codas. 6.5.6 Triple codas. 6.6 Written syllabification. 6.7 Syllable weight and ambisyllabicity. 6.8 Practical applications. Summary. Exercises. 7. Stress and intonation. 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 Noun and adjective stress. 7.3 Verb stress. 7.4 Secondary stress. 7.5 Affixes. 7.5.1 Stress-bearing (attracting) suffixes. 7.5.2 Stress-neutral suffixes. 7.5.3 Stress-shifting (fixing) suffixes. 7.6 Stress in compounds. 7.7 Differences between American and British English. 7.8 Intonation. Summary. Exercises. 8. Structural factors in L2 phonology. 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 Mini contrastive analyses. 8.2.1 Spanish-English. 8.2.2 Turkish-English. 8.2.3 Greek-English. 8.2.4 French-English. 8.2.5 German-English. 8.2.6 Arabic-English. 8.2.7 Russian-English. 8.2.8 Korean-English. 8.2.9 Portuguese-English. 8.2.10 Persian (Farsi)- English. 8.3 Differential treatment of mismatches. 8.3.1 Basic vs. derived context. 8.3.2 Deflected contrast. 8.3.3 Hypercontrast. 8.4 Markedness. Summary. Exercises. 9. Spelling and pronunciation. 9.1 Irregularity of English spelling. 9.2 Phoneme-grapheme correspondences in English. 9.2.1 Consonants. 9.2.2 Vowels. 9.3 Morphological basis of English spelling. 9.4 American English vs. British English. Summary. Exercises. Recommended Readings. Glossary. References. Index.

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GOR005746370

ISBN 13

9781405108720

ISBN 10

140510872X

Titel

Applied English Phonology Mehmet Yavas, Ph.D.

Autor

Mehmet Yavas, Ph.D.

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Gebraucht - Sehr Gut

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Broschiert

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John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Datum

2005-07-15

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256

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