The Sounds of English Around the World
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The Sounds of English Around the World by Jette G Hansen Edwards
Most introductions to English phonetics and phonology focus primarily on British or American English, which fails to account for the rich diversity of English varieties globally. This book addresses this gap, providing an overview of English phonetics and phonology through an exploration of the sounds of English around the world, including older varieties of English such as American, Canadian, British, and Australian Englishes, as well as new varieties of English such as Indian, Singaporean, Hong Kong, and Kenyan English. It focuses on diversity in vowels and consonants, allophonic variation, and stress and intonation patterns across regional, ethnic and social varieties of English in North America, The Caribbean, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. Listening exercises are incorporated throughout to facilitate the understanding of different concepts, and the book also has an accompanying website with a wide range of speech samples, allowing readers to hear the phonetics of the varieties under discussion.
Jette G. Hansen Edwards is Professor of Applied English Linguistics at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has published more than fifty articles, book chapters, and books, primarily in the area of the phonetics and phonology of World Englishes.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781108795029 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108795021 |
| Title | The Sounds of English Around the World |
| Author | Jette G Hansen Edwards |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2023-10-31 |
| Number of pages | 372 |
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