The Pronunciation of English

THE PRONUNCIATION OF ENGLISH
Principles and Practice
This course book covers all aspects of English promunciation incuding amsmants, vowels, word stress, and features of connected speech such as clythm, prominence and intonation. The descriptiom of the various features is clear and factual with several examples, which the leamers can listen tor am the audio CD. The different types of exercises at the end of each unit in a chapter gine the learners buth listening and speaking practice and also help in understanding the principles of English poounciation. The chapters begin with a preview and end with a summary to facilitate systematic learning. The book also has a glossary of specialized terms, a list of books and online sources fox further study and an answer key
Special fcatures af the boake
Sepurate and highlighed presentation of
- the important ditFerances betvem Briish and Americen promundation with ermpls puken by
British and American speakers on the andio CD
• the characteristic featuras of Indian pronunciation
• arocial points about English prommistion that leamens shrul remeoher in promnitimn
practice
• inommatine on asefil techrical terms and dotinctions in Ponetics and Pumingr
A unique feature of the book is the presentation of jokes, fables and passages of general interest at the
and of every dhaptier, cadh read by three speakars - British, Aunerican, and Indiun - which show bune
specific fcatures of procanciation are used in the context of a meuningful self-crotained best and also
bon Briish, Amarican and Indun proounations difer
MA. Fadagiri, formerly Professor of English, Bungalore Universi, has a PhD. in Linguisics Stylistics from the Indian Institute of Science, Bungalore. She has taught postyraduate courses on Modern Linguistics, Modern English Stracture and Usage and Soylistics in Bungalore University fer more than 20 years and has guided several MPhil. and Ph.D. students in the areas of English Linguistics, English for Specific Purposes and Stylistics As Longoan Fellow in the English Language. she has taught and researched in the University of London and as Morley Scholur, she has done research in the area of English for Academic Parposes in the English Language Institute, University of Michigam. She has also taught courses on Communication Stills for Mungers in the Indian Institute of Science and top management institutes. She has published artides on ELT, ESP, and Spydistics in national and international journals. She is the author of Making Sense uf English, and the co-author of English for Law