Applied English phonology.9781405108713 Applied English phonology. Yavas, Mehmet S. Blackwell Publishing 2006 245 pages $69.95 Hardcover PE1128 Yavas (linguistics, Florida International U.) presents a practical and accessible textbook on applied phonology phonology, study of the sound systems of languages. It is distinguished from phonetics, which is the study of the production, perception, and physical properties of speech sounds; phonology attempts to account for how they are combined, organized, and convey meaning for students in applied linguistics, TESOL TESOL abbr. 1. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages 2. teaching English to speakers of other languages , and speech pathology speech pathology n. The science concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of functional and organic speech defects and disorders. Also called speech-language pathology. programs. Focusing on the physiological mechanisms of speech production, the text covers the fundamentals of phonetics phonetics (fōnĕt`ĭks, fə–), study of the sounds of languages from three basic points of view. Phonetics studies speech sounds according to their production in the vocal organs (articulatory phonetics), their physical properties , phonology, English consonants, English vowels, acoustics of vowels and consonants, syllables, stress and intonation, structural factors in second language phonology, and spelling and pronunciation. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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