Sound Patterns of Spoken English

By Linda Shockey

Book Overview

Sound Patterns of Spoken English is a concise, to-the-pointcompendium of information about the casual pronunciation ofeveryday English as compared to formal citation forms. Concise, to-the-point compendium of information about casualpronunciation of English as compared to citation forms.Covers varieties of English language including General Americanand Standard Southern British.Overlaps the boundaries of several areas of study includingsociolinguistics, lexicography, rhetoric, and speechsciences.Examines English pronunciation as found in everydayspeech.Accompanied by website athttp: //www.blackwellpublishing.com/shockey featuring examples fromdifferent accents.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631230807
• ISBN13: 9780631230809
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 8.4"