This volume presents a full-scale biography of Daniel Jones, a preeminent scholar and Britsih phonetician of the early 20th century, and the first linguist to hold a chair at a British university. This book traces Jone's life and career, including his contacts with other linguists and with figures outside the linguistic world, notably Robert Bridges and George Bernard Shaw.
This wide-ranging introduction to practical aspects of English phonetics and phonology offers an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings.
This volume is a comprehensive collection of critical essays on The Taming of the Shrew, and includes extensive discussions of the play's various printed versions and its theatrical productions. Aspinall has included only those essays that offer the most influential and controversial arguments surrounding the play. The issues discussed include gender, authority, female autonomy and unruliness, courtship and marriage, language and speech, and performance and theatricality.
This volume is a comprehensive collection of critical essays on The Taming of the Shrew, and includes extensive discussions of the play's various printed versions and its theatrical productions. Aspinall has included only those essays that offer the most influential and controversial arguments surrounding the play. The issues discussed include gender, authority, female autonomy and unruliness, courtship and marriage, language and speech, and performance and theatricality.
This volume is a comprehensive collection of critical essays on The Taming of the Shrew, and includes extensive discussions of the play's various printed versions and its theatrical productions. Aspinall has included only those essays that offer the most influential and controversial arguments surrounding the play. The issues discussed include gender, authority, female autonomy and unruliness, courtship and marriage, language and speech, and performance and theatricality.
Working with the Sounds of English and Dutch is aimed at the Dutch-Speaking student who is taking Phonetics as a part of an advanced course in English at University or teacher training institute. No previous knowledge of phonetics is assumed. All technical points are explained in straightforward English as they are introduced, and theoretical and practical aspects of the subject are clarified for the student by means of practical exercises in articulation and transcription. The emphasis is on a contrastive approach throughout. The sound systems of standard English (Received Pronunciation) and standard Dutch (Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands) are described in detail, with numerous helpful diagrams. Features of connected speech, for example, articulatory setting, stress, rhythm, assimilation and elision, are fully examined and a complete chapter is devoted to intonation in English and Dutch. A special attraction of the book are the sections on error analysis, which give a comprehensive treatment of pronunciation problem areas. Also included is a survey of the most important accents of the British Isles(Scots, Welsh, Irish, London, West Country etc.)
English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice provides a unique introduction to basic articulatory phonetics for students of English. Built around an extensive collection of practice materials, this book teaches the pronunciation of modern standard non-regional British English to intermediate and advanced learners worldwide. This book: provides an up-to-date description of the pronunciation of modern British English; demonstrates the use of each English phoneme with a selection of high-frequency words, both alone and in context in sentences, idiomatic phrases and dialogues; provides examples and practice material on commonly confused sounds, including illustrative pronunciation diagrams; is supported by a companion website featuring phonetic transcriptions and over 30 hours of practice audio material to check your pronunciation against; can be used not only for studying pronunciation in the classroom but also for independent student practice. English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice is essential reading for any student studying this topic.
Working with the Phonetics of English and Dutch is a workbook intended to be used in conjunction with The Phonetics of English and Dutch (Brill, 1996). (An accompanying cassette is available on request from the authors at a nominal charge). The workbook contains twenty-four English and Dutch passages in phonemic transcription. Keys are provided for fifteen dictated passages (recorded on the cassette). An additional fifty passages, printed in conventional orthography, are included (for which transcription keys are obtainable for recognised teachers on request). The book also includes fifteen allophonic descriptions of English words and phrases. These provide a useful exercise for students learning articulatory phonetics in relation to English. Transcripts are provided for twelve representative varieties of British and Irish English (which have been recorded on the accompanying cassette). The accents illustrated are: London (Cockney), Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, West Glamorgan, Southampton, Cardiff and Hartlepool. All the informants are authentic speakers of the variety concerned and the samples are overwhelmingly of genuine conversational language. This set of recordings is one of the best sources presently available for samples of accents of British English. Notes are supplied to accompany the section of the cassette recording which demonstrates the vowels and consonants of the International Phonetic Association's alphabet. A section is included with over 350 questions on phonetics, covering the material dealt with in the textbook The Phonetics of English and Dutch. These will be excellent as a means of testing knowledge, and also for exam preparation.
In this reprint edition the contents [of the original 34 volumes] have been rearranged, re-typed, and consolidated in three hardcover volumes, each with its own master index."--Title page verso.
When Frankenstein creates a monster, he never expects it to be such a huge threat to society, what will he have to do to stop it, and can he succeed before any more damage is done? Explore the fascinating dilemma of nature versus nurture in Mary Shelley’s unforgettably dark thriller.
Two beautifully told traditional tales by Beverley Birch. ‘The Water Thief’ is about the mischievous antics of Hyena and how crafty Tortoise plays him at his own game. ‘Lumbwi and the Gazelle’ is about a moving friendship, but when Lumbwi embarks on a new life he seems to forget about his old friend, to dreadful consequences.
In the spring of 1820, Captain Brandon Alexander Trevaline, a veteran of Waterloo and the last scion of an old and distinguished family, was accused of dishonoring the wife of the local Squire. Despite his firm denials, nothing less than a duel would salve the Squire’s pride. Accordingly, a meeting was arranged at the ruins of Trevaline Castle one morning to settle the matter as gentlemen did. But the Squire was dissatisfied with the outcome and enraged beyond reason. Bare seconds after proving his honor, Brandon Trevaline was shot in the back by his defeated opponent. Only then did the truth emerge. The Squire had murdered an innocent man. The last of an ancient line had died without issue and the Trevaline Estate passed to a distant cousin, Martin Collins. But contrary to all his expectations, Martin Collins inherited only the Trevaline lands and a mountain of debt. The fabulous collection of Trevaline jewels, preserved by the family since Tudor times, was missing and believed irretrievably lost. Though generations of Collinses searched diligently for them, the jewels were never found. Only the signet ring Brandon had been wearing the day he died remained in the family’s possession. And a legend slowly grew in the nearby village that Brandon Trevaline's ghost still walked the ruins where he had died. Two hundred years later, Brett Saunders comes to the venerable old mansion for a week-long visit with her good friend Suzette, a distant descendant of Martin Collins. Suzette’s family welcome her warmly, especially Suzette’s brother, Andrew, who shows a sudden interest in his little sister’s friend. The day after her arrival at Trevaline, Brett takes a solitary trip to explore the old castle ruins. Through the impetus of a fall from her horse, she encounters Brandon's ghost and discovers that his story is far from over. Aware of the fabled bad blood between Trevaline and Collins, she is initially concerned at what she has inadvertently woken, but Brandon eases her fears. When the ruby signet ring is discovered missing that very evening, however, Brett becomes suspicious of her charming ghost’s good intentions. But Brandon is not the thief and Brett is not immune to his impudent charm. As she and the ghost grow closer in their attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery, Suzette's father calls in Scotland Yard. And the tangled web grows thicker.
Cursus Engels bedoeld voor mensen wiens moedertaal Nederlands is en die een gevorderde kennis van de Engelse taal bezitten om een juiste uitspraak van het moderne Britse Engels te verkrijgen. Bevat theorie, uitspraakoefeningen en oefeningen in assimilatie, elisie en het gebruik van zogenaamde 'weak forms
In the spring of 1820, Captain Brandon Alexander Trevaline, a veteran of Waterloo and the last scion of an old and distinguished family, was accused of dishonoring the wife of the local Squire. Despite his firm denials, nothing less than a duel would salve the Squire’s pride. Accordingly, a meeting was arranged at the ruins of Trevaline Castle one morning to settle the matter as gentlemen did. But the Squire was dissatisfied with the outcome and enraged beyond reason. Bare seconds after proving his honor, Brandon Trevaline was shot in the back by his defeated opponent. Only then did the truth emerge. The Squire had murdered an innocent man. The last of an ancient line had died without issue and the Trevaline Estate passed to a distant cousin, Martin Collins. But contrary to all his expectations, Martin Collins inherited only the Trevaline lands and a mountain of debt. The fabulous collection of Trevaline jewels, preserved by the family since Tudor times, was missing and believed irretrievably lost. Though generations of Collinses searched diligently for them, the jewels were never found. Only the signet ring Brandon had been wearing the day he died remained in the family’s possession. And a legend slowly grew in the nearby village that Brandon Trevaline's ghost still walked the ruins where he had died. Two hundred years later, Brett Saunders comes to the venerable old mansion for a week-long visit with her good friend Suzette, a distant descendant of Martin Collins. Suzette’s family welcome her warmly, especially Suzette’s brother, Andrew, who shows a sudden interest in his little sister’s friend. The day after her arrival at Trevaline, Brett takes a solitary trip to explore the old castle ruins. Through the impetus of a fall from her horse, she encounters Brandon's ghost and discovers that his story is far from over. Aware of the fabled bad blood between Trevaline and Collins, she is initially concerned at what she has inadvertently woken, but Brandon eases her fears. When the ruby signet ring is discovered missing that very evening, however, Brett becomes suspicious of her charming ghost’s good intentions. But Brandon is not the thief and Brett is not immune to his impudent charm. As she and the ghost grow closer in their attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery, Suzette's father calls in Scotland Yard. And the tangled web grows thicker.
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