Investigating Spoken English

Štefan Beňuš is Assistant Professor at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia. He completed his PhD at New York University and has previously worked at Columbia University and Brown University, USA.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Fundamental Concepts.- Chapter 3: Articulation.- Chapter 4: Acoustics & Introduction to Praat.- Chapter 5: English Vowels.- Chapter 6: English Consonants.- Chapter 7: Allophonic Variation in English.- Chapter 8: Syllables.- Chapter 9: Word Stress.- Chapter 10: Connected Speech.- Chapter 11: Prosody I: Basics.- Chapter 12: Prosody II: Intonation.- Chapter 13: Prosody III: Beyond the Intonational Phrase.- Chapter 14: Exemplifying the Book Material in Real Interviews.

“This book should be a very welcome addition to the library of any language teacher who is interested in broadening their knowledge of phonetics and phonology in a very practical manner. The book should be especially appealing to teachers who would like to introduce or expand the use of freeware such as Praat in their classrooms.” (Ian Wilson, JALT Journal, Vol. 44 (2), November, 2022)