An Introduction to English Phonetics

New for the third edition:

• Expands the range of speech examples across regional varieties of English and a diversity of different speaker demographics
• Additional exercises to help you explore the material, and updated resources and references to further reading

Maintains the useful features of the previous edition:

• Draws on material from real conversation
• Continues to combine articulatory, auditory and acoustic representations and descriptions of speech
• Continues to include a range of sounds not typically included in textbooks, such as clicks and ejectives
• Focuses on phonetics as a skill and encourages the reader to reflect on own speech
• Each chapter contains a summary, exercises and further reading

In the third edition of this bestselling introductory textbook, Richard Ogden presents the concepts, terminology and representations needed for understanding how English is pronounced globally. He guides you through the vocal tract, explains clearly how the sounds of speech are made, and introduces phonetic transcription and acoustic analysis.

This textbook uses naturally-occurring conversational speech throughout so you can get to know the details of everyday talk (and not just the careful pronunciations presented in dictionaries.) Written in a user-friendly style with plenty of examples, this textbook is a great starting point for your first university course on English phonetics.