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 with examples from different accents.