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- English
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Practical Phonetics for Students of African Languages
About this book
First published in 1933, this book looks at the phonetics of African languages. It argues that a good grounding in phonetics and tone work is an indispensable preliminary to anyone embarking on a study of African language and so provides the material necessary for this in a simple form.
The volume is primarily a practical manual for students of African languages but will also be an invaluable tool for students of general linguistics as a work of scientific interest. The languages observed present features of language that are very different to those found in Europe.
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Yes, you can access Practical Phonetics for Students of African Languages by D Westermann,Ida C. Ward in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Linguistics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- FOREWORD. By PROFESSOR DANIEL JONES
- I. THE DIFFICULTIES OF LEARNING A NEW LANGUAGE
- II. PHONETIC ALPHABETS AND PHONETIC ORTHOGRAPHY
- III. THE ORGANS OF SPEECH
- IV. CLASSIFICATION OF SOUNDS: VOWELS AND CONSONANTS
- V. PHONEMES
- VI. VOWELS OF AFRICAN LANGUAGES
- VII. LESS USUAL VOWELS
- VIII. NASALIZED VOWELS
- IX. DIPHTHONGS
- X. CONSONANTS: CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION (GENERAL)
- XI. PLOSIVE CONSONANTS
- XII. NASAL CONSONANTS
- XIII. LATERAL, ROLLED, AND FLAPPED CONSONANTS
- XIV. FRICATIVE CONSONANTS
- XV. AFFRICATES
- XVI. SEMI-VOWELS
- XVII. IMPLOSIVE CONSONANTS
- XVIII. EJECTIVE CONSONANTS
- XIX. CLICK CONSONANTS
- XX. SOUNDS WITH MORE THAN ONE ARTICULATION
- XXI. SYLLABLES
- XXII. STRESS: LENGTH
- XXIII. SOUNDS IN CONNECTED SPEECH
- XXIV. TONE LANGUAGES AND HOW TO STUDY THEM
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- SUBJECT INDEX
- INDEX OF LANGUAGES