Applied English Phonology, Second Edition ( PDFDrive )

CONTENTS
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5.4.1 Stops 107
5.4.2 Fricatives 111
5.4.3 Affricates 114
5.4.4 Approximants 115
5.4.5 Nasals 115
5.5 Putting It Together 116
5.6 Context 119
5.7 Practical Applications: Some Examples 121
Summary 124
Appendix 125
Exercises 127
Chapter 6 Syllables 131
6.1 Introduction 131
6.2 Number of Syllables 134
6.3 Sonority 135
6.4 Syllabification 137
6.5 English Syllable Phonotactics 139
6.5.1 Single onsets 140
6.5.2 Double onsets 140
6.5.3 Triple onsets 142
6.5.4 Codas 142
6.5.5 Double codas 143
6.5.6 Triple codas 143
6.6 Written Syllabification 146
6.7 Syllable Weight and Ambisyllabicity 149
6.8 Practical Applications 151
Summary 153
Exercises 154
Chapter 7 Stress and Intonation 156
7.1 Introduction 156
7.2 Noun and Adjective Stress 157
7.3 Verb Stress 160
7.4 Secondary Stress 162
7.5 Affixes 164
7.5.1 Stress-bearing (attracting) suffixes 165
7.5.2 Stress-neutral suffixes 165
7.5.3 Stress-shifting (fixing) suffixes 166
7.6 Stress in Compounds 168
7.7 Differences between American and British English 169
7.8 Intonation 172
7.9 Variations among the Varieties 177
Summary 178
Exercises 180