Stage Dialects

by Blunt, Jerry

• ISBN13: 9780871293312
• ISBN10: 0871293315
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-05-01
• Publisher: DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Introduction	1	(6)
Definition	1	(1)
The Uses of Dialect	1	(1)
Major Stage Dialects	2	(1)
Standard American and Standard English	2	(1)
Strength	3	(1)
Consistency	3	(1)
Primary Sources	3	(1)
Recorded Voices on the Accompanying Tapes	4	(1)
Guidelines for Study	5	(1)
Key Sounds	6	(1)
Mastery	6	(1)
The Phonetic Alphabet	7	(5)
The Symbols and Sounds of the Phonetic Alphabet	9	(1)
(Vowels, Diphtohongs, Consonants, Additional Symbols)
Additional Comment	10	(2)
Japanese	12	(13)
Key Sounds of a Japanese Dialect	14	(3)
(Vowel Substitutions, Diphthongal Changes, Consonant Substitutions, Additional Characteristics)
Key-Sound Word Drill	17	(1)
Key Sounds in Sentence Context	18	(1)
Reading for Fluency	19	(2)
Individual-Practice Exercises	21	(1)
Sight Reading and Fluency Practice	22	(3)
New York---Brooklyn	25	(15)
Key Sounds of Brooklynese	27	(4)
(Vowel Substitutions, Diphthongal Changes, Consonant Substitutions, An Additional Characteristic)
Key-Sound Word Drill	31	(1)
Key Sounds in Sentence Context	31	(2)
Reading for Fluency	33	(2)
Individual-Practice Exercises	35	(2)
Sight Reading and Fluency Practice	37	(3)
An American Southern	40	(11)
Key Sounds of an American Southern Dialect	41	(1)
(Vowel Substitutions, Diphthongal Changes, Consonant Substitutions, Special Pronunciations)
Key-Sound Word Drill	42	(1)
Key Sounds in Sentence Context	43	(1)
Reading for Fluency	44	(2)
Individual-Practice Exercises	46	(1)
Sight Reading and Fluency Practice	47	(4)
Standard English	51	(11)
Affected English	52	(1)
Key Sounds of Standard English	52	(3)
(Vowel Substitutions, Diphthongal Changes, Consonant Substitutions, Special Pronunciations, Pitch Patterns)
Key-Sound Word Drill	55	(1)
Key Sounds in Sentence Context	55	(2)
Reading for Fluency	57	(2)
Individual-Practice Exercises	59	(1)
Sight Reading and Fluency Practice	59	(3)
Cockney	62	(13)
Key Sounds of Cockney	64	(2)
(Vowel Substitutions, Diphthongal Changes, Consonant Substitutions, Cockney Idiom and Slang)
Key-Sound Word Drill	66	(1)
Key Sounds in Sentence Context	67	(1)
Reading for Fluency	68	(3)
Individual-Practice Exercises	71	(1)
Sight Reading and Fluency Practice	72	(3)
Irish	75	(16)
Key Sounds of an Irish Dialect	77	(4)
(Vowel Substitutions, Diphthongal Changes, Consonant Substitutions, Melodic Patterns, Breathiness, Miscellaneous Pronunciations, Variations)
Key-Sound Word Drill	81	(1)
Key Sounds in Sentence Context	82	(1)
Reading for Fluency	83	(3)
Individual-Practice Exercises	86	(1)
Sight Reading and Fluency Practice	87	(4)
Scots	91	(14)
Key Sounds of Scots	92	(2)
(Vowel Substitutions, Diphthongal Changes, Consonant Substitutions)
Key-Sound Word Drill	94	(2)
Key Sounds in Sentence Context	96	(1)
Reading for Fluency	97	(3)
Individual-Practice Exercises	100	(1)
Sight Reading and Fluency Practice	101	(4)
French	105	(11)
Key Sounds of the French Dialect	106	(2)
(Vowel Substitutions, Uniquely French Sounds, Consonant Substitutions, Altered Stress, French Forms of Address)
Key-Sound Word Drill	108	(1)
Key Sounds in Sentence Context	109	(1)
Reading for Fluency	110	(2)
Individual-Practice Exercises	112	(1)
Sight Reading and Fluency Practice	113	(3)
Italian	116	(12)
Key Sounds in an Italian Dialect	117	(3)
(Essential Characteristics, Occasional Characteristics)
Key-Sound Word Drill	120	(1)
Key Sounds in Sentence Context	121	(2)
Individual-Practice Exercises	123	(2)
Sight Reading and Fluency Practice	125	(3)
German	128	(12)
Key Sounds of a German Dialect	129	(3)
(Vowel Substitutions, Diphthongal Changes, Consonant Substitutions, Special Stress)
Key-Sound Word Drill	132	(1)
Key Sounds in Sentence Context	133	(2)
Reading for Fluency	135	(2)
Individual-Practice Exercises	137	(1)
Sight Reading and Fluency Practice	138	(2)
Russian	140	(13)
Key Characteristics of a Russian Dialect	141	(2)
(Grammar and Language Structure, Vowel Substitutions, Diphthongal Changes, Consonant Substitutions)
Key-Sound Word Drill	143	(1)
Key Sounds in Sentence Context	144	(1)
Reading for Fluency	145	(2)
Individual Practice Exercises	147	(1)
Sight Reading and Fluency Practice	148	(5)
Index	153