Chapter 11: phONOLOGY FUrther reaDING

Highly recommended for going a lot further in phonology is Bruce Hayes’ Introductory Phonology (2009). The reasoning is rigorous but explained very clearly, using well- chosen and substantial sets of examples; there are interesting asides and readers are alerted to unresolved issues. An additional chapter for this book has been available via a link below the heading Textbook on Hayes’ website (➔ W11.1).

Roach’s English Phonetics and Phonology: A Practical Course (2000) has a clearly explained outline of English phonology, including a succinct treatment of English phonotactics. There are five chapters on intonation too. Recorded material for exercises is available with the book.

In An Introduction to English Phonology (2002), McMahon points out links between the phonology of contemporary English and the history of the language. She also gives concise summaries of the phonologies of five different World Englishes (➔ 18): General American, New Zealand English, Singapore English, Southern Standard British and Standard Scottish English. Her discussion of stress placement is comprehensible and interesting.

Hughes, Trudgill and Watt’s introduction to varieties of British English, in their English Accents and Dialects (2005), has general discussion as well as lots of detail on English pronun-ciation in Britain and the book is sold with an audio CD bulging with 47 tracks of recorded data.

As indicated in the chapter, there are two selections of relevance to phonology in Language in Use: A Reader (➔ R2.2, R3.2).