The phonetic detail of the pronunciation of British English has already been described in several excellent works, notably those of Daniel Jones. This present book, written after a number of years of teaching the spoken language both to English students and to foreign learners, sets out to place to phonetics of British English in a larger frameworks than has been customary. For this reason, emphasis is given to the function of the spoken medium as a form of communication. Some treatment of the historical background and the linguistic implications of the present sound system is included, as well as information concerning the acounstic nature of English sounds. Those sections in Part II, in which detailed descriptions of the realizations of phonemes are given, deal with spelling forms, articulatory and acoustic features, variants and chief historical sources. In addition, throughout Part II and III, general advice to the foreign learners in included. Paperback: 169 pages Publisher: J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd. Language: English ISBN-10: 07131-5586-8 Link Download http://nitroflare.com/view/19BDFD4686C95BE/https://nitroflare.com/folder/949760/L00VuZ2xpc2g=
