Chapter 1 Acoustics and Articulation
1.1 Speech perception
1.1.1 Definition of speech perception
1.1.2 Acoustic cues
1.1.3 Perception of continuous speech
1.1.4 Theories of speech perception
1.2 Speech production
1.2.1 The stages of speech production
1.2.2 The speech chain
1.2.3 Organs of speech
1.2.4 Articulatory description of speech sounds
Summary
Exercises
Further reading
Chapter 2 The English Pronunciation and Phonetic Transcriptions
2.1 Received Pronunciation (RP)
2.2 General American (GA)
2.3 Pronunciation differences between Received Pronunciation and General American
2.3.1 Vowel differences
2.3.2 Consonantal differences
2.4 Phonetic transcriptions and the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
2.4.1 Why do people use phonetic transcription?
2.4.2 Introduction to IPA
2.4.3 Diacritics
2.4.4 Broad and narrow transcriptions
Summary
Exercises
Further reading
Chapter 3 English Consonants
3.1 The manners of articulation
3.2 The places of articulation
3.3 Teaching of consonants
Summary
Exercises
Further reading
Chapter 4 English Vowels
4.1 The Cardinal Vowel system
4.2 The criteria of vowel description
4.3 The classification of vowels
4.4 Teaching of vowels
Summary
Exercises
Further reading
Chapter 5 Phonemes and Phonology
5.1 Phonetics and phonology
5.2 Phonemic system
5.2.1 Phoneme
5.2.2 Phonological rules
5.3 Distinctive features
5.4 Allophone
5.4.1 Phonemic contrast
5.4.2 Complementary distribution
5.4.3 Free variation
Summary
Exercises
Further reading
Chapter 6 Syllables and Suprasegmental Features
6.1 Syllable
6.1.1 Phonological structure of a syllable
6.1.2 Classification of syllables
6.2 Stress
6.2.1 Word stress
6.2.2 Sentence stress
6.3 Strong forms and weak forms
6.4 Length
6.5 Rhythm
6.6 Pitch
6.7 Intonation and tone
6.7.1 Types of intonation
6.7.2 Functions and uses of intonation
6.7.3 Tone
Summary
Exercises
Further reading
References
