The Phonetics of English and Dutch

This volume supplies an introduction to the phonetics of English and Dutch. It contrasts British RP English with both the Belgian and The Netherlands varieties of Dutch. In addition to descriptions of the individual vowels and consonants, attention is given to features of connected speech, such as intonation, assimilation, and stress. A guide to transcription is included. The volume assumes no previous knowledge of phonetics and explains technical terms as they are introduced. Collins teaches English at the University of Leeds; Mees, at the University of Copenhagen. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Beverley Collins, Doctorate in Phonetics, University of Utrecht (1988), is Lecturer in English at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands.Inger Mees, Doctorate in Sociolinguistics, University of Leiden (1983), is Associate Professor at the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.