Practical English Phonetics and Phonology

Revised and updated throughout, this fourth edition of Practical English Phonetics and Phonology presents the essentials of the subject and their day-to-day applications in an engaging and accessible manner. Written by authors who are experienced teachers and researchers, this best-selling textbook will appeal to all students of English l

Beverley Collins (1938-2014) held lectureships in phonetics at the universities of Lancaster and Leiden, and was Visiting Professor at Ghent University. He was also a regular lecturer at the UCL Summer Course in English Phonetics.
Inger M. Mees is Associate Professor in the Department of Management, Society and Communication at the Copenhagen Business School. She has also held posts at the universities of Leiden and Copenhagen. She is on the academic staff of the UCL Summer Course in English Phonetics.
Paul Carley has held posts at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht and the universities of Bedfordshire and Leicester. He is a regular lecturer on the UCL Summer Course in English Phonetics.