<p><b>A new edition of the popular introductory text on the phonological structure of present-day English.</b></p><p>A clear and accessible introductory text on the phonological structure of the English language<i>, English Phonetics and Phonology </i>is an ideal text for those with no prior knowledge of the subject. This market-leading textbook teaches undergraduate students and non-native English speakers the fundamentals of articulatory phonetics and phonology in an engaging, easy-to-understand style. </p><p>Rigorously expanded to include new materials on first and second language acquisition of English phonetics and phonology, this third edition, <i>English Phonetics and Phonology </i>boasts two new chapters on first-language and second-language acquisition of English phonetics and phonology. By introducing topics such as the mental lexicon and the emergence of phonological rules and representations, and graphophonemic problems in L2 acquisition, these two new chapters have been ad