Sound Patterns of Spoken English

<i>Sound Patterns of Spoken English</i> is a concise, to-the-point compendium of information about the casual pronunciation of everyday English as compared to formal citation forms. <ul> <li>Concise, to-the-point compendium of information about casual pronunciation of English as compared to citation forms.</li> <li>Covers varieties of English language including General American and Standard Southern British.</li> <li>Overlaps the boundaries of several areas of study including sociolinguistics, lexicography, rhetoric<i>,</i> and speech sciences.</li> <li>Examines English pronunciation as found in everyday speech.</li> <li>Accompanied by website at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/shockey featuring examples from different accents.</li> </ul>