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The syllabic structure of English words refers to the organization of sounds within a word into distinct units known as syllables. A syllable is a unit of sound that contains a single vowel sound and may be composed of one or more consonant sounds. Understanding the syllabic structure of English words is important for language learners and can help improve pronunciation and fluency.
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Gimson, A. 2008. Gimson’s Pronunciation of English. 7th edition, revised by A. Cruttenden. Hodder. The standard description of RP [Received Pronunciation], with much information on variation. Not too technical.
Hardcastle, W.J. and J. Laver, eds. 2010. The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences. 2nd ed. Blackwell. A compendious collection of overview papers, each of which is consequently rather brief. Lass (1996) is rather better value.
Kent, R.D., B.S. Atal and J.L. Miller (eds.) (1991). Papers in Speech Communication: Speech Production. Acoustical Society of America.
Definitive collection of many important research papers in speech production.
Ladefoged, P. and I. Maddieson 1995. The Sounds of the World’s Languages. Blackwell. A very broad and accurate survey.
Olive, J. P., A. Greenwood and J.Coleman 1993. Acoustics of American English Speech. Springer Verlag.
Stevens, K.N. 1998. Acoustic Phonetics. MITP. An excellent and comprehensive work.
Wells, J.C. 2008. Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. 3rd ed. Pearson Education.
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