EnglishPhonology:AnIntroduction(CambridgeTextbooksinLinguistics)

Thisisanintroductiontothephonologyofpresent-dayEnglish.ItdealsprincipallywiththreevarietiesofEnglish:'GeneralAmerican',SouthernBritish'ReceivedPronunciation'and'ScottishStandardEnglish'.Itoffersasystematicanddetaileddiscussionofthefeaturessharedbythesemajoraccents,andexplainssomemajordifferences.OthervarietiesofEnglish-AustralianandNewZealandEnglish,SouthAfricanEnglishandHiberno-English-arealsodiscussedbriefly.Withoutfocusingoncurrentphonologicaltheoryanditsevolution,theauthordemonstratestheimportanceof'theory',inwhatevershapeorform,inphonologicalargumentation.Thebookalsoincludesahelpfulintroductorysectiononspeechsoundsandtheirproduction,anddetailedsuggestionsforfurtherreadingfolloweachchapter.ThisclearandhelpfultextbookwillbewelcomedbyallstudentsofEnglishlanguageandlinguistics.