Dutch & Afrikaans pronunciation & accents

Dutch & Afrikaans Pronunciation & Accents Luciano Canepari & Marco Cerini University of Venice This book applies the principles of Natural Phonetics & Tonetics to describe the pronunciation of both Dutch and Afrikaans, including intonation, in a precise way never found in earlier treatises. It includes an introduction to the Natural Phonotonetics Method, which can be used for other languages, as well. In addition to Afrikaans pronunciation (with some variants), five kinds of Dutch pronunciation are systematically described: International, Neutral & Mediatic Flemish, and Neutral & Mediatic Netherlandic. Also 22 European regional accents are described, more concisely but still accurately and always with intonation, too. The pronunciation of Dutch by people from South Africa, the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam is given, as well. The synopses of Old and Middle Dutch are provided, too. The book is completed by a mini-phono-dictionary containing the transcription of almost 2000 place, family and person names. Luciano Canepari (Natural Phonetics & Tonetics, University of Venice, Italy, originally trained in the British phonetic tradition, later developed the Natural Phonotonetics Method) and Marco Cerini (PhD in Natural Phonetics & Tonetics, applied to Mandarin Chinese pronunciation, University of Venice, Italy). Contents: 1. Foreword 2. Pronunciation & Phonetics 3. The phono-articulatory apparatus 4. The classification of sounds 5. Vowels & vocoids 6. The vowels & diphthongs of international Dutch 7. Consonants & contoids 8. The consonants of international Dutch 9. Structures 10. Intonation 11. Some texts in phonotonetic transcription 12. Neutral Flemish-Dutch pronunciation 13. Mediatic Flemish-Dutch pronunciation 14. Neutral Netherlandic-Dutch pronunciation 15. Mediatic Netherlandic-Dutch pronunciation 16. Regional Dutch accents (with five maps) 17. Non-European Dutch accents 18. Afrikaans pronunciation 19. Mini-phono-dictionary 20. Old-Dutch & Middle-Dutch synopses 21. Annotated bibliography ISBN 9783862886944 (Hardbound, 2nd edition). LINCOM Studies in Phonetics 10. 222pp. 2016.