Crystal David
Crystal David - Sounds Appealing The Passionate Story Of English Pronunciation - Paperback
Crystal David - Sounds Appealing The Passionate Story Of English Pronunciation - Paperback
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Description: It's not what you say it's the way that you say it There have long been debates about 'correct pronunciation in the English language and Britain's most distinguished linguistic expert David Crystal is here to set the record straight. Sounds Appealing tells us exactly why and how we pronounce words as we do. Pronunciation is integral to communication and is tailored to meet the demands of the two main forces behind language: intelligibility and identity. Equipping his readers with knowledge of phonetics linguistics and physiology - with examples ranging from Eliza Doolittle to Winston Churchill - David Crystal explores the origins of regional accents how they are influenced by class and education and how their peculiarities have changed over time.
Title: Sounds Appealing The Passionate Story Of English Pronunciation
Author(s): Crystal David
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Barcode: 9781781256107
Pages: 304 Pages, C. 15 B/W Line And Half-Tone In Text
Publication Date: 7/2/2019
Category: Dialect, Slang & Jargon
Description: It's not what you say it's the way that you say it There have long been debates about 'correct pronunciation in the English language and Britain's most distinguished linguistic expert David Crystal is here to set the record straight. Sounds Appealing tells us exactly why and how we pronounce words as we do. Pronunciation is integral to communication and is tailored to meet the demands of the two main forces behind language: intelligibility and identity. Equipping his readers with knowledge of phonetics linguistics and physiology - with examples ranging from Eliza Doolittle to Winston Churchill - David Crystal explores the origins of regional accents how they are influenced by class and education and how their peculiarities have changed over time.
Title: Sounds Appealing The Passionate Story Of English Pronunciation
Author(s): Crystal David
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Barcode: 9781781256107
Pages: 304 Pages, C. 15 B/W Line And Half-Tone In Text
Publication Date: 7/2/2019
Category: Dialect, Slang & Jargon
