An Introduction to English Phonology,9780195218916

An Introduction to English Phonology

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ISBN13: 9780195218916
ISBN10: 0195218914
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-03-21
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

This is a short, lively, and accessible introduction to the sounds of modern English. Its emphasis on variation, with examples from British, American, New Zealand, and Singaporean English, make it suitable for both native and non-native speakers. McMahon focuses on the vowels and consonants, but also discusses syllables, stress, and the phonology of words and phrases. She introduces new tools and terminology gradually, and discusses the motivation for key concepts.

Table of Contents

To colleagues ix
Sounds, spellings and symbols
1(11)
Phonetics and phonology
1(3)
Variation
4(1)
The International Phonetic Alphabet
5(7)
Recommendations for reading
11(1)
The phoneme: the same but different
12(11)
Variation and when to ignore it
12(1)
Conditioned variation in written language
13(1)
The phoneme
14(3)
Some further examples
17(2)
The reality of the phoneme
19(4)
Exercises
21(1)
Recommendations for reading
22(1)
Describing English consonants
23(13)
What's inside a phonetic symbol?
23(1)
Consonant classification
23(1)
The anatomy of a consonant
24(12)
Exercises
34(1)
Recommendations for reading
35(1)
Defining distributions: consonant allophones
36(16)
Phonemes revisited
36(1)
Making generalisations
36(2)
Making statements more precise
38(2)
A more economical feature system
40(6)
Natural classes
46(1)
A warning note on phonological rules
47(5)
Exercises
50(1)
Recommendations for reading
51(1)
Criteria for contrast: the phoneme system
52(15)
Minimal pairs and beyond
52(1)
Phonetic similarity and defective distributions
53(3)
Free variation
56(2)
Neutralisation
58(2)
Phonology and morphology
60(2)
Rules and constraints
62(1)
The phoneme system
63(4)
Exercises
65(1)
Recommendations for reading
66(1)
Describing vowels
67(12)
Vowels versus consonants
67(2)
The anatomy of a vowel
69(5)
Vowel classification
74(5)
Exercises
77(1)
Recommendations for reading
78(1)
Vowel phonemes
79(13)
The same but different again
79(1)
Establishing vowel contrasts
79(6)
Vowel features and allophonic rules
85(2)
Phonetic similarity and defective distribution
87(1)
Free variation, neutralisation and morphophonemics
88(4)
Exercises
91(1)
Recommendations for reading
91(1)
Variation between accents
92(12)
The importance of accent
92(2)
Systemic differences
94(5)
Realisational differences
99(2)
Distributional differences
101(3)
Exercises
102(1)
Recommendations for reading
103(1)
Syllables
104(13)
Phonology above the segment
104(1)
The syllable
104(1)
Constituents of the syllable
105(1)
The grammar of syllables: patterns of acceptability
106(3)
Justifying the constituents
109(8)
Exercises
115(1)
Recommendations for reading
116(1)
The word and above
117(16)
Phonological units above the syllable
117(1)
Stress
118(6)
The foot
124(4)
Segmental phonology of the phrase and word
128(5)
Exercises
131(1)
Recommendations for reading
132(1)
Discussion of the exercises 133(10)
References 143(2)
Index 145

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