Accurate English

by Dauer, Rebecca M.

• ISBN13: 9780130072535
• ISBN10: 0130072532
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-11-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

This pronunciation text helps students achieve a near-native accent. Teaches vowels, consonants, rhythm, stress, and intonation using principles of articulatory phonetics. Provides precise illustrations of lip positions of vowels and consonants, and a diagnostic speech sample. Reinforces theory with numerous practice exercises that include phrases, dialogues, reading passages, and oral presentations. Includes spelling patterns for ordinary words and academic words.

Table of Contents

Preface	vi
Overview and Suggested Plan	vii
Types of Exercises	ix
How to Use Audio Tapes	x
Introduction	1	(11)
The Speech Process	1	(2)
Language Variation	3	(1)
Self-Analysis	4	(2)
Diagnostic Speech Sample	6	(2)
Analysis of Problems	8	(4)
The Phonetic Alphabet	12	(8)
English Spelling	12	(1)
The Phonetic Alphabet	13	(7)
Vowel Overview	20	(10)
Production of Vowels	20	(8)
American English Vowel Sounds	28	(1)
American English Vowel Sounds in Sentences	29	(1)
Vowels in Detail	30	(23)
Vowels 1--4	30	(5)
Vowels 5--8	35	(4)
Vowels 9--11	39	(4)
Vowels 13--15	43	(2)
Same Spelling, Different Pronunciation (Advanced)	45	(2)
Vowel 12	47	(6)
Review of the Phonetic Alphabet and Vowels	53	(7)
Review Exercises	53	(4)
Dialogues for Vowels	57	(3)
Stress	60	(13)
Stressed and Unstressed Syllables	60	(2)
Vowel Reduction	62	(3)
Dividing Words into Syllables	65	(2)
Stress Placement in Words of Two or More Syllables	67	(6)
Stress (Advanced)	73	(10)
Stress and Vowel Reduction in Noun--Verb Word Pairs	73	(6)
Alternation of Reduced and Full Vowels	79	(2)
Disappearing Syllables	81	(2)
Rhythm	83	(18)
Stress in One-Syllable Words	83	(5)
Weak Forms: Reducing Function Words	88	(7)
Rhythmic Grouping: Pausing and Linking	95	(6)
Rhythm (Advanced)	101	(6)
Breaking the Rules	101	(4)
Words with Variable Stress	105	(2)
Stress in Compound Nouns	107	(7)
Compound Nouns	107	(2)
Introduction to Intonation	109	(2)
Compound Versus Non-compound Constructions (Advanced)	111	(3)
Review of Stress and Rhythm	114	(5)
Reading Passages	114	(2)
Review Exercises	116	(3)
Consonant Overview	119	(14)
Production of Consonants	120	(10)
American English Consonant Sounds	130	(2)
American English Consonant Sounds in Sentences	132	(1)
Differences Between Voiced and Voiceless Consonants	133	(14)
Aspiration of Initial Voiceless Stops /p t k/	133	(5)
Vowel Length and Final Consonants	138	(2)
Final Voiceless Consonants	140	(2)
North American English /t/ (Advanced)	142	(2)
Exercises for Voiced and Voiceless Consonants	144	(3)
<ed> and <s> Endings	147	(17)
Adding <ed>	147	(6)
Adding <s>	153	(6)
Consonant Groups	159	(5)
Consonants in Detail	164	(55)
/s/ and /z/	164	(5)
/&thetas/ and /o/	169	(7)
/&ilt;/ and /t&ilt;/	176	(4)
/d3/ and /y/	180	(4)
/3/ and Review of /&ilt;, t&ilt;, d3/	184	(7)
Final /dz/ and /ts/ (Advanced)	191	(1)
/f, v, w/	192	(6)
/h/	198	(3)
/r/ and /l/	201	(8)
Final /m, n, n/	209	(4)
Fast Speech Rules	213	(2)
Review of Consonants: Place of Articulation	215	(4)
Intonation	219	(23)
Intonation and Sentence Stress	219	(4)
Neutral Pitch Patterns	223	(7)
Moving Sentence Stress	230	(4)
Changing the Pitch Pattern	234	(4)
Choice Questions and Tag Questions (Advanced)	238	(2)
Dialogues for Intonation	240	(2)
For Further Reading	242	(1)
Glossary	243	(2)
Index	245