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The phonetics of English and Dutch

Title: The phonetics of English and Dutch / by Beverly Collins & Inger M. Mees.
Author: Collins, Beverly.
Publication: New York : E.J. Brill, [1996], ©1996.

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ix, 363 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

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Contents

1. A working basis -- 2. The phoneme -- 3. Transcription -- 4. The speech mechanism -- 5. Classification of consonants -- 6. Fortis/lenis contrast in Dutch and English -- 7. Secondary articulation -- 8. Description and classification of vowels -- 9. Back to the phoneme -- 10. Phonation and states of the glottis -- 11. English checked vowels -- 12. English free vowels -- 13. Sounds and spelling: vowels -- 14. The vowels of Dutch -- 15. English fricative consonants -- 16. English stop consonants -- 17. English nasal and approximant consonants -- 18. Sounds and spelling: consonants -- 19. The consonants of Dutch -- 20. Patterns of adjustment in connected speech: assimilation and elision -- 21. Articulatory setting in English and Dutch -- 22. Stress and rhythm -- 23. Pitch, tone and intonation -- 24. Functions of intonation in English -- 25. Intonation in Dutch and English compared -- 26. Error analysis --
27. A brief look at other accents of the British Isles -- 28. Some differences between American and British English -- Guide to the technique of phonemic transcription -- Guide to the technique of allophonic description -- Glossary of technical terms -- Vowel symbols used in various systems of transcription -- Selected list of diacritics and phonetic symbols -- The International Phonetic Alphabet -- English Phonemic Symbol checksheet.

ISBN

9004103406 (Gebrocheerd : alk. paper)

LCCN

96011518

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Columbia University Libraries