The Handbook Of English Pronunciation

The Handbook of English Pronunciation presents acomprehensive exploration of English pronunciation with essentialtopics for applied linguistics researchers and teachers, includinglanguage acquisition, varieties of English, historicalperspectives, accent’s changing role, and connections todiscourse, technology, and pedagogy.

• Provides thorough descriptions of all elements of Englishpronunciation
• Features contributions from a global list of authors,reflecting the finest scholarship available
• Explores a careful balance of issues and topics important toboth researchers and teachers
• Provides a historical understanding of the importance ofpronunciation and examines some of the major ways English ispronounced today throughout the world
• Considers practical concerns about how research and practiceinteract in teaching pronunciation in the classroom

Marnie Reed is Professor of Education and affiliated faculty in the Program in Applied Linguistics at Boston University, USA. She is also Director of the graduate program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in the School of Education, where she teaches courses in linguistics, second language acquisition, and applied phonetics and phonology.

John M. Levis is Angela B. Pavitt Professor of English in the Applied Linguistics and TESL program at Iowa State University, USA. He specializes in the teaching of pronunciation and oral communication, phonetics and phonology, introductory linguistics, dialects in American literature, and technology and oral communication.