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Catford's unique interactive approach to the study of phonetics leads readers to explore the entire range of human sounds through a series of introspective experiments carried out in their own vocal tracts, proceeding systematically from familiar vocal postures and articulations to new and unknown ones. By actually articulating sounds, and attending to the motor sensations they produce, the reader acquires a deep, personal understanding of the principles of phonetic classification. Informed throughout by recent research in aerodynamics and acoustics, this book will interest a wide range of students and teachers of languages, linguistics, speech therapy, and anthropology.
Dawn wants to sing on television. But how will she get rid of her hiccups? Phonics Focus: ur, er, ou, ow, u, aw, wa, are, air, ear, eer, long e, i, u; schwa o, u; mb, tion, sion, ful. Continue the journey into English... Each story gives children the chance to practice sounds and spelling patterns learned from Oxford Phonics World.
The book exercises start from the word spelling, and then provide the meaning of words, so that children are familiar with the meaning of the word, simple sentences The Reading and Comprehension of the Companion provides 87 exercises. Your child will practice single words of the phonetic , as well as vocabulary and sentence reading and understanding. And this fun painting will help children to enter in the English reading world.
This 1981 book is a general introduction to linguistics and the study of language, intended particularly for beginning students and readers with no previous knowledge or training in the subject. There is first a general account of the nature of language and of the aims, methods and basic principles of linguistic theory. John Lyons then introduces in turn each of the main sub-fields of linguistics: the sounds of language, grammar, semantics, language change, psycholinguistics: the sounds of language, grammar, semantics, language change, psycholinguistics, language and culture.
