Gimson's Pronunciation of English

  • Gimson's Pronunciation of English
    By Alan Cruttenden

    In English the closure for the second stop is made before the release of the first," forming a further obstacle to the airstream if the second closure is at a more advanced point, e.g. /t/ + /p/ in white post, or checking the air ...

  • Gimson's Pronunciation of English
    By Alan Cruttenden

    In C. Code and M. Ball, (eds), Clinical experimental phonetics. London: Croom Helm. Abbott, G. and Wingard, P. (eds) (1981). The teaching ofEnglish as an international language. Glasgow: Collins. Abercrombie, D. (1948).

  • Gimson's Pronunciation of English
    By Alan Cruttenden

    References 367 Lass, R. (1976). English phonology and phonological theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Laver, J. D. M. (1974). Labels for voices. Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 4,62-75.

  • Gimson's Pronunciation of English
    By Alan Cruttenden

    This eighth edition has been updated to describe General British (GB) as the principal accent, rather than RP, and the accompanying transcriptions have been brought into line with recent changes in pronunciation.

  • Gimson's Pronunciation of English
    By Alan Cruttenden, A. C. Gimson

    Since its first publication in 1962, Gimson's Pronunciation of English has been widely acknowledged as the standard book of reference on all aspects of English pronunciation.