The phonetics of English and Dutch / / by Beverley Collins & Inger M. Mees.

• Author: Collins, Beverley.
• TeilnehmendeR: Mees, Inger M.
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Edition: 5th rev. ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (373 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Provides an introductory course on the phonetics of English and Dutch. Theoretical and practical aspects of the subject are explained for the student by means of numerous self-study exercises in articulation and transcription. This book contains a contrastive description of British RP English and of Dutch.

Table of Contents

Contents; Preface; 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 elision21. 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; Key to exercises; Further reading and list of works consulted

Vowel symbols used in various systems of transcriptionSelected list of diacritics and phonetic symbols; The International Phonetic Alphabet; English Phonetic Symbol checksheet; Index