Sound Patterns of Spoken English is a concise, to-the-point compendium of information about the casual pronunciation of everyday English as compared to formal citation forms.

• Concise, to-the-point compendium of information about casual pronunciation of English as compared to citation forms.
• Covers varieties of English language including General American and Standard Southern British.
• Overlaps the boundaries of several areas of study including sociolinguistics, lexicography, rhetoric, and speech sciences.
• Examines English pronunciation as found in everyday speech.
• Accompanied by website at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/shockey featuring examples from different accents.