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The Sounds of English Around the World Jette G. Hansen Edwards (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

The Sounds of English Around the World By Jette G. Hansen Edwards (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

The Sounds of English Around the World by Jette G. Hansen Edwards (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)


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Focusing on English varieties around the world, this textbook provides a full introduction to key concepts in phonetics and phonology. It is accompanied with a range of integrated online resources, and includes in-chapter exercises throughout, making it essential reading for students and teachers of World Englishes, Applied Linguistics and TESOL.

The Sounds of English Around the World Summary

The Sounds of English Around the World: An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology by Jette G. Hansen Edwards (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Most introductions to English phonetics and phonology focus primarily on British or American English, which fails to account for the rich diversity of English varieties globally. This book addresses this gap, providing an overview of English phonetics and phonology through an exploration of the sounds of English around the world, including older varieties of English such as American, Canadian, British, and Australian Englishes, as well as new varieties of English such as Indian, Singaporean, Hong Kong, and Kenyan English. It focuses on diversity in vowels and consonants, allophonic variation, and stress and intonation patterns across regional, ethnic and social varieties of English in North America, The Caribbean, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. Listening exercises are incorporated throughout to facilitate the understanding of different concepts, and the book also has an accompanying website with a wide range of speech samples, allowing readers to hear the phonetics of the varieties under discussion.

About Jette G. Hansen Edwards (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Jette G. Hansen Edwards is Professor of Applied English Linguistics at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has published more than fifty articles, book chapters, and books, primarily in the area of the phonetics and phonology of World Englishes.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The history and spread of English worldwide; 3. The vowels of English; 4. Rhoticity in varieties of English; 5. The consonants of English; 6. English syllable structure; 7. English stress and rhythm; 8. Intonation in varieties of English; 9. Investigating English phonetics and phonology.

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NGR9781108795029
9781108795029
1108795021
The Sounds of English Around the World: An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology by Jette G. Hansen Edwards (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2023-09-14
372
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