INTRODUCTION
I am going to
talk about the “English Phonetics and Phonology” book written by Peter Roach. In
this chapter we can find a brief explanation about the course and how it is
organized. The principal aim of this course
is to explain how English is pronounced in the accent normally chosen as the
standard for people learning the English spoken. In this section of the book, we
could find clear explanation about phonemes (Vowels and consonants) that are a
small number of regularly used sounds. To represent each speech sound is used
the International Phonetic Association (IPA chart). Furthermore, we learned
about the difference between accent and dialect. Accent is concerned only with pronunciation differences, while dialect refers to all language
variation including grammatical and lexical factors. Finally, I can mention
that this course is based in the BBC pronunciation because it is accepted as
the official accent to speak English properly and it is used in recent editions
of dictionaries.
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