Sound advantage : a pronunciation book
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Sound advantage : a pronunciation book
Prentice Hall Regents, c1992
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"Companion text to Sound advice: a basis for listening"--Pref
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Description
This text focuses on elements essential for successful pronunciation ? stress, intonation, individual sounds (both vowels and consonants), linking, reductions, ellipses, consonant replacements, and inflectional endings. Also provides a variety of exercises to practice for the SPEAK test.
Table of Contents
1 Syllable Recognition and Reduction
Part I: Syllables
Part II: Stressed Syllables
Part III: Recognizing Syllable Stress in English
Part IV: Ellipsis
Part V: Unstressed Syllables with Non-Reduced Vowels
An Overview of English Vowels
2 Lax Vowels
Part I: /ae/
Part II: /I/
Part III: /T/
Part IV: /a/
Part V: /u/
3 The Tense Vowels
Part I: Diphthongs /ay/, /aw/, /oy/
Part II: /iy/
Part III: /ey/
Part IV: /uw/
Part V: /ow/
4 Troublesome Consonants
Part I: /s/ and /z/
Part II: th /e/ and /d/
Part III: /r/ and /l/
Part IV: Nonreleased Final Consonants
Part V: Consonant Clusters
Part VI: Consonant Combinations in Phrases and Sentences
5 Linking
Part I: Linking with Vowels
Part II: Linking Identical Consonants
6 Consonant Replacements
Part I: The Flap
Part II: The Glottal Stop
Part III: Can/Can't
Part IV: Negative Contractions
7 Common Reductions
Part I: Reductions with /h/
Part II: going to/want to/have to/has to
Part III: of
Part IV: and/or/for
8 Sentence Rhythm
Part I: Sentence Stress and Unstress
Part II: Content and Function Words
Part III: Stress Timing
9 Information Focus and Intonation
Part I: Information Focus: The Basic Pattern
Part II: Common Intonation Patterns
Part III: Contrasting New Information
Part IV: Intonation Patterns That Change the Meaning
Part V: Lists
10 Inflectional Endings
Part I: Past Tense (-ed)
Part II: Plural/3rd Person s
Part III: -teen/-ty
11 Reductions in Consonant Clusters Part I: sts/sks/th Deletion
Part II: nt Reduction
Part III: Assimilation
12 Contractions
Part I: Contractions with "will"
Part II: Contractions with the Verb "be"
Part III: Contractions with "have," "has," "does," "did"
Part IV: Contractions with "would" and "had"
by "Nielsen BookData"