Preface | |
Key Terms | |
Overview and Groundwork | p. 1 |
What's It All About? | p. 1 |
The Human Voice | p. 10 |
English Consonants and Vowels | p. 22 |
Respiration and Responsiveness; Beginning Sounds | p. 31 |
Relaxation and Breathing | p. 31 |
Stop-Plosive Consonants | p. 41 |
Front Vowels | p. 55 |
Volume and Variety; Additional Symbols | p. 72 |
Volume and Pitch | p. 72 |
Fricative Consonants | p. 95 |
Back Vowels | p. 114 |
Timbre and Tone; Further Phonemes | p. 132 |
Voice Quality | p. 132 |
Affricative and Nasal Consonants | p. 154 |
Central Vowels | p. 169 |
Completing the IPA; Timing and Interpretation | p. 182 |
Glides (Semivowels) | p. 182 |
Diphthongs | p. 201 |
Rate and Emphasis | p. 216 |
Appendix: Enunciation, Pronunciation, and Sound Exercises | p. 249 |
Answers to Exercises and Crossword Puzzles | p. 259 |
Additional References | p. 264 |
Index | p. 265 |
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