前言
第三版序
第三版自序
第二版序
Personal Comment
Introduction
1.English Phonetics
2.Study Method
3.The International Phonetic Alphabet
4.British English and American English
5.List of Symbols Used
Part One Pronunciation
Unit 1 Organs of Speech
Unit 2 Cardinal Vowels
Unit 3 Classification of English Phonemes
Ⅰ.Phonemes and Allophones
Ⅱ.Classification of English Phonemes
Unit 4 The English Vowels—Pure Vowels
Ⅰ.Front Vowels
Ⅱ.Front Vowels
Ⅲ.Central Vowels
Ⅳ.Back Vowel
Ⅴ.Back Vowels
Ⅵ.Back Vowels
Unit 5 The English Vowels—Diphthongs
Ⅰ.Closing Diphthongs
Ⅱ.Closing Diphthongs
Ⅲ.Centring Diphthongs
Unit 6 Consonants
Ⅰ.Plosives
Ⅱ.Fricatives
Ⅲ.Fricatives
Ⅳ.Fricative/h/; frictionless continuant
Unit 7 Consonants (Continued)
Ⅴ.Nasals
Ⅵ.Affricates
Ⅶ.Semi-vowels
Unit 8 Phonemes in Combination
Ⅰ.The Syllable Theory and Definition
Ⅱ.The Syllable Structure
Ⅲ.Open Syllables and Closed Syllables
Ⅳ.Syllabification
Unit 9 Consonant Clusters and Incomplete Plosion
Ⅰ.Consonant Clusters
Ⅱ.Incomplete Plosion
Unit 10 Sound Changes in Connected Speech
Ⅰ.Liaison
Ⅱ.Strong Forms and Weak Forms
Ⅲ.Elision
Ⅳ.Assimilation
Ⅴ.Length of a Sound
Part Two Rhythm
Unit ll Word Stress
Ⅰ.Kinds of Stress
Ⅱ.Stress Placement
Ⅲ.Stress Influence on Meaning of Words
Unit 12 Sentence Stress
Ⅰ.Sense Stress
Ⅱ.Logical Stress
Ⅲ.Emotional Stress
Unit 13 Rhythm and Its Features
Ⅰ.Rhythm
Ⅱ.Rhythm Group and Its Division
Ⅲ.Features of English Rhythm
Unit 14 Rhythm Patterns
Unit 15 Sense-groups and Pausing
Ⅰ.Sense-groups and Their Divisions
Ⅱ.Pausing
Part Three Intonation
Unit 16 A Brief Introduction
Ⅰ.Definition
Ⅱ.Function
Ⅲ.Illustrating Intonation
Unit 17 Basic Tones and Their Training
I .Basic Tones
Ⅱ.Basic Training of Tones
Unit 18 Tone-groups
Ⅰ.Tone-groups
Ⅱ.Tone-group Division
Ⅲ.Structure of the Tone-group
Ⅳ.Features of an English Tune
Unit 19 Functions of Tunes and Their Uses
Ⅰ.Falling Tune
Ⅱ.Rising Tune
m.Falling-rising Tune
Unit 20 Combined Tunes
Ⅰ.Fall+Fall
Ⅱ.Fall+Rise
Ⅲ.Rise+Fall
Ⅳ.Rise+Rise
Ⅴ.Fall+Fall-rise
Ⅵ.Fall-rise+Fall
Ⅶ.Fall-rise+Rise
Unit 21 Reading of Long Sentences
Ⅰ.Tune Broken Upwards (Broken Tune or Accidental Rise)
Ⅱ.Intonation of Vocatives
Ⅲ.Intonation of Parenthesis
Ⅳ.Intonation of Reporting Phrases
Additional Remarks: Reading as an Exercise in Enunciation and Delivery
1.Some Basic Points
2.Models for Appreciation and Imitation
Appendix Ⅰ.Rules of Reading
Appendix Ⅱ.British English and American English in Comparison
Appendix Ⅲ.Glossary
Main References
