English Phonetics

The Handbook of English Linguistics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 358-381

  MacMahon, Michael K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Instrumentation; Phonetics; Pronunciation; Sound waves; Speech production

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890748622     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470753002.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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1. Since the 1990s, a number of introductory textbooks on phonetics (both general phonetics and the phonetics of English) have appeared. All cover essentially the same ground, but with slightly different emphases. In reverse chronological order, they include:
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11. Compilations of more advanced studies on several aspects of phonetics are:
12. Hardcastle, William J. and Laver, John (1997) The handbook of the phonetic sciences. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
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16. Of the pronouncing dictionaries which use IPA, the following are recommended:
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