Sounds fascinating : further observations on English phonetics and phonology / J. C. Wells ; illustrations by Lhinton Davidson.
Wells, J. C. (John Christopher)| Call Number | 414 |
| Author | Wells, J. C. author. |
| Title | Sounds fascinating : further observations on English phonetics and phonology / J. C. Wells ; illustrations by Lhinton Davidson. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xi, 211 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Sep 2016). |
| Summary | How do you pronounce biopic, synod, and Breughel? - and why? Do our cake and archaic sound the same? Where does the stress go in stalagmite? What's odd about the word epergne? Pontcysyllte is obviously Welsh, but Penge is Welsh too! How cool is Caol in the Highlands of Scotland? What can Wesley's hymns tell us about sound change in English? How do people pronounce Wrocław in Poland? How can anyone manage to say Gdynia as just two syllables? Why is the village of Frith in the island of Montserrat usually pronounced as if spelt Frits? What embarrassing faux pas in English did a Russian conglomerate make? Should I bild a cubbard instead of building a cupboard? How should we capitalize an exclamation mark, and why might we need to? What's a depressor consonant? As a finale, the author writes a letter to his 16-year-old self. |
| Added Author | Davidson, Lhinton, illustrator. |
| Subject | English language Phonetics. English language Pronunciation. English language Phonology. |
| Multimedia |
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| Summary | How do you pronounce biopic, synod, and Breughel? - and why? Do our cake and archaic sound the same? Where does the stress go in stalagmite? What's odd about the word epergne? Pontcysyllte is obviously Welsh, but Penge is Welsh too! How cool is Caol in the Highlands of Scotland? What can Wesley's hymns tell us about sound change in English? How do people pronounce Wrocław in Poland? How can anyone manage to say Gdynia as just two syllables? Why is the village of Frith in the island of Montserrat usually pronounced as if spelt Frits? What embarrassing faux pas in English did a Russian conglomerate make? Should I bild a cubbard instead of building a cupboard? How should we capitalize an exclamation mark, and why might we need to? What's a depressor consonant? As a finale, the author writes a letter to his 16-year-old self. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Sep 2016). |
| Subject | English language Phonetics. English language Pronunciation. English language Phonology. |
| Multimedia |