Practical English Phonetics and Phonology: A Resource Book for Students [Paperback]

This fifth edition of?Practical English Phonetics and Phonology?has been revised and updated throughout.

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 (19382014) 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.

Praise for the fifth edition:

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

Praise for the fourth edition:

This book cleverly combines the details of English phonetics with a first look at sounds in other languages. Its real strengths are the exercises provided at every step of the way and its brief but unequalled survey of accents of English (using recordings on the companion website). It will remain the best all-round introduction to phonetics.

Alan Cruttenden,?The University of Oxford, UK

This classic text just keeps getting better. It is one ol#-