Practical English Phonetics and Phonology

A Resource Book for Students

Paul Carley, Inger M. Mees (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark), Beverley Collins (formerly at University of Leiden, the Netherlands)

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Routledge
30 April 2025

Language: history & general works; Phonetics, phonology; Grammar, syntax

Series: Routledge English Language Introductions

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses and commentaries.

Revised and updated throughout, this fifth edition of Practical English Phonetics and Phonology:

treats British and American English side by side throughout the book, which is new to this edition; presents the essentials of the subject and their day-to-day applications in an engaging and accessible manner; covers all the core concepts of phonetics and phonology, such as the phoneme, syllable structure, production of speech, vowel and consonant possibilities, glottal settings, stress, weak forms, rhythm, intonation and the surprises of connected speech; gives descriptions of the sound systems of Spanish, Italian, French, German, Polish and Japanese; includes a glossary of key terms and new exercises, diagrams and updated references; is accompanied by an updated companion website which hosts a collection of samples provided by genuine speakers of 25 accent varieties from Britain, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore and West Africa, as well as answer keys and numerous recordings to accompany activities in the book.

Written by authors who are experienced teachers and researchers, this bestselling textbook will appeal to all students of English language and linguistics and those training for a certificate in TEFL.

By: Paul Carley, Inger M. Mees (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark), Beverley Collins (formerly at University of Leiden, the Netherlands)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 5th edition
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
ISBN: 9781032454047
ISBN 10: 1032454040
Series: Routledge English Language Introductions
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 30 April 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

List of figures List of tables Audio recordings (on companion website) Prefaces and acknowledgements Phonemic symbols A Segments A1 British and American English A2 Phoneme, allophone, syllable A3 How we produce speech A4 Consonant possibilities A5 English obstruents A6 English sonorants A7 Vowel possibilities A8 The English short vowels A9 The English long vowels A10 The English diphthongs and vowels + /r/ B Supra-segmental features B1 Phoneme and syllable revisited B2 Word stress B3 Sentence stress B4 Features of connected speech B5 Speech melody B6 Pronunciation change B7 Teaching English pronunciation B8 Learning a foreign language C Accents of English C1 Accent variation: GB and GA C2 Accents of the British Isles 1: England C3 Accents of the British Isles 2: Celtic-influenced varieties C4 World accent varieties 1: North America C5 World accent varieties 2: The Southern Hemisphere C6 World accent varieties 3: Second-language varieties and creole-influenced speech Glossary Further reading References Index The International Phonetic Alphabet

Paul Carley has held posts at the University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, and the universities of Bedfordshire and Leicester. He has been a regular lecturer on the UCL Summer Course in English Phonetics. Inger M. Mees is Associate Professor Emerita at the Copenhagen Business School and a part-time lecturer at Copenhagen University. She has formerly held lectureships at the universities of Leiden and Copenhagen. Beverley Collins (1938–2014) held lectureships in phonetics at the universities of Lancaster and Leiden, and was Visiting Professor at Ghent University. He was also a regular lecturer at the UCL Summer Course in English Phonetics.

Reviews for Practical English Phonetics and Phonology: A Resource Book for Students

“This book offers a comprehensive overview of standard British and American English pronunciation, with detailed segmental and supra-segmental descriptions. Furthermore, it provides a concise overview of the various accent varieties. It is an invaluable resource for anyone engaged in the process of learning English.” Hiroshi Miura, Senshu University, Japan