American English Pronunciation - A Drillbook

'American English Pronunciation: A Drillbook' is designed to accompany lecture courses on American English phonetics and language laboratory classes in American English pronunciation at university level. It is equally suitable as a self-instructional program for anyone wishing to improve their American English pronunciation. Part I (Pronunciation Practice) provides pronunciation exercises to be used in conjunction with additional audio material (available on request) or following the model of a native speaker. Part II (Transcription Practice) presents model texts for phonetic transcription. In both parts, orthographic text and phonetic script appear on facing pages. Several phonetic puzzles are also included.

About the author

Walter Sauer, Jahrgang 1942, lehrt am Anglistischen Seminar der Universität Heidelberg. Er hat zahlreiche sprachwissenschaftliche Schriften und Dialektübersetzungen veröffentlicht.

Summary

'American English Pronunciation: A Drillbook' is designed to accompany lecture courses on American English phonetics and language laboratory classes in American English pronunciation at university level. It is equally suitable as a self-instructional program for anyone wishing to improve their American English pronunciation. Part I (Pronunciation Practice) provides pronunciation exercises to be used in conjunction with additional audio material (available on request) or following the model of a native speaker. Part II (Transcription Practice) presents model texts for phonetic transcription. In both parts, orthographic text and phonetic script appear on facing pages. Several phonetic puzzles are also included.

Product details

• Authors: Walter Sauer, Sauer Walter
• Publisher: Universitätsverlag Winter
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2011
• EAN: 9783825352899
• ISBN: 978-3-8253-5289-9
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 211 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 164 g
• Series: Sprachwissenschaftliche Studienbücher; Sprachwissenschaftliche Studienbücher
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Aussprache s.a. Einzelsprache, Phonetik, Phonologie, Amerikanisch-Englisch : Lernhilfen, Zusatz- und Übungsmaterial, Phonetik, Amerikanisches Englisch