List of symbols used Preface to the second edition Thanks // How to use this book 1 // 1 Introduction 3 // 2 The production of speech sounds 8 // 2.1 Articulators above the larynx // 2.2 Vowel and consonant // 2.3 English short vowels // 3 Long vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs // 3.1 Long and short vowels // 3.2 Diphthongs // 3.3 Triphthongs // 4 Voicing and consonants 26 // 4.1 The larynx // 4.2 Respiration and voicing // 4.3 Plosives // 4.4 English plosives // 4.5 Fortis and lenis // 5 The phoneme 36 // 5.1 The phoneme // 5.2 Symbols and transcription // 5.3 Phonology // 6 Fricatives and affricates 47 // 6.1 Production of fricatives and affricates // 6.2 The fricatives of English // 6.3 The affricates // 6.4 Fortis consonants // 7 Nasals and other consonants 56 // 7.1 Nasals // 7.2 I // 7.3 r // 7.4 j and w // 8 The syllable 67 // 9 Strong and weak syllables 75 // 9.1 Strong and weak // 9.2 The ? vowel (“schwa”) // 9.3 Close front and close back vowels // 9.4 Syllabic consonants // 10 Stress in simple words 85 // 10.1 The nature of stress // 10.2 Levels of stress // 10.3 Placement of stress within the word // 11 Complex word stress 95 // 11.1 Complex words // 11.2 Suffixes // 11.3 Prefixes // 11.4 Compound words // 11.5 Variable stress // 11.6 Word-class pairs // 12 Weak forms 102 // 13 Problems in phonemic analysis 111 // 13.1 Problems of analysis // 13.2 Problems of assignment // 14 Aspects of connected speech 120 // 14.1 Rhythm // 14.2 Assimilation // 14.3
Elision // 14.4 Linking // 15 Intonation 1 133 // 15.1 Form and function in intonation // 15.2 Tone and tone languages // 15.3 Complex tones and pitch height // 15.4 Some functions of English tones // 16 Intonation 2 144 // 16.1 The tone-unit // 16.2 The structure of the tone-unit // 16.3 Pitch possibilities in the simple tone-unit // 17 Intonations 152 // 17.1 Fall—rise and rise—fall tones followed by a tail // 17.2 High and low heads // 17.3 Problems in analysing the form of intonation // 18 Functions of intonation 1 163 // 18.1 The attitudinal function of intonation // 19 Functions of intonation 2 172 // 19.1 The accentual function of intonation // 19.2 The grammatical function of intonation // 19.3 The discourse function of intonation // 19.4 Conclusions // 20 Further areas of study in phonetics and phonology 182 // 20.1 Distinctive features // 20.2 Experimental phonetics // 20.3 The study of variety // Recorded exercises 194 // Tape Unit 2: English short vowels 195 // Tape Unit 3: Long vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs // Tape Unit 4: Plosives 199 // Tape Unit 5: Revision 201 // Tape Unit 6: Fricatives and affricates 203 // Tape Unit 7: Further consonants 205 // Tape Unit 8: Consonant clusters 207 // Tape Unit 9: Weak syllables 209 // Tape Unit 10: Word stress 211 // Tape Unit 11 : Complex word stress 213 // Tape Unit 12: Weak forms 215 // Tape Unit 13: Revision 217 // Tape Unit 14: Elisions 219 // Tape Unit 15: Tones 220 // Tape Unit 16: The tone-unit 221 // Tape Unit
17: Intonation 223 // Tape Unit 18: Intonation — extracts from conversation // Tape Unit 19: Transcription of connected speech 225 // Tape Unit 20: Further practice on connected speech 2 // Answers to written exercises 228 Answers to recorded exercises 239 Recommendations for general reading 248 Bibliography 251 Index 259 //