Summary: This seventh edition has been revised throughout, with particular emphasis on those areas which have seen rapid change in recent years. A new Introduction gives an overview of phonetics, examines the notion of a standard English accent and outlines key concepts in the learning of English as a first language and as an additional language. All the central chapters have been updated, notably by the inclusion of revised articulatory diagrams based on recent MRI scans.This new edition considers the developing status of English as an international language and discusses the current debate about the idea of a global pronunciation standard as an alternative to Received Pronunciation and General American. The layout of the book is now more user-friendly with the use of text boxes to summarise key information and an accompanying website, www.hodderplus.com/linguistics, contains exercises for learners; fMRI scans of English phrases, including all the vowels and consonants; and recordings by the author of part of the book.Since its first publication, Gimson's Pronunciation of English has been the essential reference book for anyone studying or teaching the phonetics of English. It includes comprehensive coverage of individual vowels and consonants together with their variation and history; their articulation and acoustics, their rhythm and intonation, and how they develop in young children and foreign learners. All this ensures that Gimson's Pronunciation of English will remain the most authoritative introduction to English phonetics for many years to come.
Essential reading for all students and teachers of English pronunciationThe most authoritative introduction to English phonetics availableIncludes new information on English as a world language and the debate over a establishing a global pronunciation standard
Table of Contents: PART I: Speech and language1. Communication2. The production of speech3. The sounds of speech4. The description and classification of speech sounds5. Sounds in languagePART II: The sounds of English6. The historical background7. Standard and regional accents8. The English vowels9. The English consonantsPART III: Words and connected speech10. Words11. Connected speech12. Words in connected speech13. Teaching the pronunciation of English
About the Author(s): Alan Cruttenden is Emeritus Professor of Phonetics, University of Manchester, and a Fellow of the Phonetics Laboratory, University of Oxford.
Readership: Teachers of English as a foreign language. Linguistics and English Language students taking modules in phonetics. Speech therapists
Reviews:
"What we have now is a third and betterthan ever re-casting, rewriting, amplification and extensive updatingwhich is actually a very considerable improvement on the originalamounting to full co-authorship ... The overall impression of the text is that thegraphics are better than ever (for example there are now thirty voweldiagrams all either new or re-drawn) and the general styling of thetext is more user-friendly than ever. There can be no doubt that thisbook is still the most indispensable account of British Englishphonetics in existence."
