{"product_id":"sound-patterns-of-spoken-english-hardback-9780631230793","title":"Sound Patterns of Spoken English (Hardback) 9780631230793","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSound Patterns of Spoken English\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is an excellent book that gives a true account of what English speech is really like.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eGerry Knowles\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Lancaster  \u003cp\u003e\"Linda Shockey addresses questions of interest to nearly every phonetician and phonologist, providing extensive examples of attested conversational reductions in numerous dialects of English. By presenting the reductions along with their linguistic conditioning factors, she strikes a forceful blow against the belief that casual speech is simply sloppy speech. \u003ci\u003eSound Patterns of Spoken English\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to theoretical phonologists and experimental phoneticians, as well as researchers in speech perception, language acquisition and speech technology.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eLisa Lavoie\u003c\/b\u003e, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLinda Shockey (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631230793, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 December 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e176 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 14.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.308 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"…the detailed information that is densely packed into this quite short text will be appreciated by many phoneticians, who will find it an exceptionally useful summary of the processes that affect conversational speech and the contexts under which they are most likely to occur.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of the International Phonetic Association\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSound Patterns of Spoken English\u003c\/i\u003e is a concise, to-the-point compendium of information about the casual pronunciation of everyday English as compared to formal citation forms.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eConcise, to-the-point compendium of information about casual pronunciation of English as compared to citation forms.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers varieties of English language including General American and Standard Southern British.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOverlaps the boundaries of several areas of study including sociolinguistics, lexicography, rhetoric\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e and speech sciences.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines English pronunciation as found in everyday speech.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAccompanied by website at http:\/\/www.blackwellpublishing.com\/shockey featuring examples from different accents.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures and Tables.  \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Setting the Stage.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Phonetics or Phonology?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Fast Speech?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Processes in Conversational English.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 The Vulnerability Hierarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Reduction Processes in English.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Stress as a Conditioning Factor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Syllabic Conditioning Factors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Other Processes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Icons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Weak Forms?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.8 Combinations of these Processes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Attempts at Phonological Explanation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Past Work on Conversational Phonology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Natural Phonology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Variable Rules.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 More on Rule Order.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Attempts in the 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 And into the New Millennium.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Experimental Studies in Casual Speech.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Production of Casual Speech.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Perception of Casual Speech.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Applications.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Phonology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 First and Second Language Acquisition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Interacting with Computers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand 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