{"product_id":"sounds-fascinating-further-observations-on-english-phonetics-and-phonology-hardback-9781107157798","title":"Sounds Fascinating; Further Observations on English Phonetics and Phonology (Hardback) 9781107157798","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSounds Fascinating\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFurther Observations on English Phonetics and Phonology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs that really how people say that? What a fascinating sound!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJ. C. Wells (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107157798, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 September 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e222 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.9 x 1.6 cm, 0.55 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'Wells continues to draw his readers in with his good humour coupled with authoritativeness when he comments about how words are written and pronounced. In the background, but equally fascinating, is Wells's full life accompanying his phonetics: his childhood in the vicarage in Northern England, his school years, his travels, his work, and his retirement.' Peter K. W. Tan, National University of Singapore\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHow do you pronounce biopic, synod, and Breughel? - and why? Do our cake and archaic sound the same? Where does the stress go in stalagmite? What's odd about the word epergne? Pontcysyllte is obviously Welsh, but Penge is Welsh too! How cool is Caol in the Highlands of Scotland? What can Wesley's hymns tell us about sound change in English? How do people pronounce Wroc?aw in Poland? How can anyone manage to say Gdynia as just two syllables? Why is the village of Frith in the island of Montserrat usually pronounced as if spelt Frits? What embarrassing faux pas in English did a Russian conglomerate make? Should I bild a cubbard instead of building a cupboard? How should we capitalize an exclamation mark, and why might we need to? What's a depressor consonant? As a finale, the author writes a letter to his 16-year-old self.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Words, Names, People and Places: 1. Unusual words\u003cbr\u003e 2. Food and drink words\u003cbr\u003e 3. Interesting words\u003cbr\u003e 4. Names\u003cbr\u003e 5. People\u003cbr\u003e 6. Places\u003cbr\u003e 7. Abroad\u003cbr\u003e 8. Home from abroad\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Sounds and Letters: 9. Allophones\u003cbr\u003e 10. Phonetic processes\u003cbr\u003e 11. Spelling\u003cbr\u003e 12. Transcription\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Applied Phonetics: 13. Classification\u003cbr\u003e 14. EFL\u003cbr\u003e 15. Accents\u003cbr\u003e 16. Lexical stress\u003cbr\u003e 17. Connected speech\u003cbr\u003e 18. Texts in transcription\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Roundup: 19. Rhetoric\u003cbr\u003e 20. Language mosaic\u003cbr\u003e 21. Postscript.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Phonetics, phonology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Phonetics, phonology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Phonetics,%20phonology%20%5BCFH%5D%22\"\u003eCFH\u003c\/a\u003e], Dialect, slang \u0026amp; jargon [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Dialect, slang \u0026amp; jargon\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Dialect,%20slang%20\u0026amp;%20jargon%20%5BCFFD%5D%22\"\u003eCFFD\u003c\/a\u003e], Historical \u0026amp; comparative linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Historical \u0026amp; comparative linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Historical%20\u0026amp;%20comparative%20linguistics%20%5BCFF%5D%22\"\u003eCFF\u003c\/a\u003e], 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":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265646645528,"sku":"9781107157798","price":52.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107157798i.jpg?v=1692025267","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sounds-fascinating-further-observations-on-english-phonetics-and-phonology-hardback-9781107157798","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}