Listening to Spoken English

First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Table des matières

General editors preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction to the second edition, Transcription conventions, Chapter 1 The need to teach the comprehension of spoken English, Chapter 2 ‘Ideal’ segments, syllables and words, Chapter 3 The function of rhythm, Chapter 4 Patterns of simplification in informal speech, Chapter 5 The function of intonation, Chapter 6 Paralinguistic features, Chapter 7 Teaching listening comprehension, Appendix, Works quoted from in Chapter 6, Bibliography, Index

A propos de l'auteur

Gillian Brown

Résumé

The main topic of this revised and updated edition is the comprehension of the spoken language. Subjects covered include the function of intonation and paralinguistic features, while revisions made include a new section on `pause' and how this interacts with rhythm,

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Gillian Brown
• Edition: Routledge
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 09.07.1990
• EAN: 9780582052970
• ISBN: 978-0-582-05297-0
• Pages: 194
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 11 mm
• Poids: 252 g
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique générale et comparée