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Author:   Peter Roach ,  H. G. Widdowson
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.00cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.146kg
ISBN:  

9780194372398

ISBN 10:   0194372391
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   15 November 2001
Audience:   ELT/ESL ,  ELT General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Section 1 Survey 1: The science of speech The speech chain Phonetics Phonetics and linguistics 2: Making speech sounds Speech and breathing The larynx The vocal tract above the larynx Describing speech production 3: Classifying speech sounds Vowels Consonants 4: Tone and tone languages Lexical and grammatical use of tone Tone levels and contours Tones and context Tones and pitch-accents 5: Suprasegmentals Stress and accent Intonation Rhythm Other suprasegmental features 6: Acoustics of speech sounds Acoustic waveforms Acoustic and articulatory classification of speech sounds Acoustics of suprasegmental features 7: Sounds in systems Systems of sounds Groups of sounds 8: Connected speech and coarticulation Assimilation Coarticulation Elision 9: Variation Regional variation Social variation Style variation Age and variation Choosing the speech to study Conclusion Section 2 Readings Section 3 References section 4 Glossary

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