SoundPatternsofSpokenEnglish

SoundPatternsofSpokenEnglishisaconcise,to-the-pointcompendiumofinformationaboutthecasualpronunciationofeverydayEnglishascomparedtoformalcitationforms.Thebookexamineschangesthatoccurtocertainsoundsandincertainpartsofwordsandsyllablesinthecasual,unmonitoredspeechofnativeEnglishspeakers.ItoutlinesmajorphonologicalprocessesfoundinconversationalEnglish;reviewsandcriticizesattemptstoincludetheseprocessesinphonologicaltheory;andsurveysexperimentalapproachestoexplainingcasualEnglishpronunciation.AmongthevarietiesofEnglishcoveredareGeneralAmericanandStandardSouthernBritish,butmanyotheraccentsarementioned,especiallythoseofmainlandBritain.SoundPatternsofSpokenEnglishisofinteresttostudentsandscholarsinawidevarietyoffields,includingsociolinguistics,lexicography,rhetoric,languagelearningandspeechsciences,andhasanaccompanyingwebsite-http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/shockey-withexamplesfromdifferentaccents.