Collins, Beverley. <br/><br/>
Practical phonetics and phonology :  a resource book for students / 
Beverley Collins & Inger M. Mees. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;  New York :  Routledge,  2008. 
 - xix, 305 p. :  ill.  26 cm.  
 - Routledge English language introductions .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Section A: Introduction 1. English Worldwide 2. Phoneme and Allophone 3. Connected Speech and Phonemic Transcription 4. How we Produce Speech 5. Consonant Possibilities 6. Vowel Possibilities Section B: Development 1. Phoneme and Syllable Revisited 2. English Consonants 3. English Vowels 4. Features of Connected Speech 5. Stress and Rhythm 6. Speech Melody Section C: Exploration 1. Accent Variation - General American 2. Accents of British Isles 1: England 3. Accents of British Isles 2: Celtic-Influenced Varieties 4. World Accent Varieties 5. Pronunciation Change: Past, Present, Future 6. Teaching and Learning a Foreign Language Section D: Extension 1. RP - R.I.P? David Abercrombie 2. Attitudes to Accents Daniel Jones 3. Pronunciation Worries David Crystal 4. Helping the Deaf to Hear Dennis Fry 5. Making Computers Talk Peter Ladefoged 6. Covert Associations of Speech Sound Steven Pinker 7. Using Phonetics to Fight Crime Maurice Varney 8. The Rise of `Upspeak' Barbara Bradford 9. How Children Learn the Meaning of Intonation David Crystal. End Matter. Glossary. Further Reading. References. Index<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415425148 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007050665 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Phonetics.<br/>English language--Phonology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE1135  / .C57 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>414 COL M