<P><EM>Routledge English Language Introductions</EM> cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students.</P><P></P><P>Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings ¿ all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible ¿two-dimensional¿ structure is built around four sections ¿ Introduction, Development, Exploration and Extension ¿ which offer self-contained stages for study.</P><P></P><P>Revised and updated throughout, this fourth edition of <I>Practical English Phonetics and Phonology</I>:</P><UL><P><LI>presents the essentials of the subject and their day-to-day applications in an engaging and accessible manner;</LI><P></P><P><LI>covers all the core concepts of phonetics and phonology, such as the phoneme, syllable structure, production of speech, vowel and consonant possibilities, glottal settings, stress, rhythm, intonation and the