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 Orga of speech
1.2.4 Articulatory description of speech sounds
Summary
Exercises
Further reading
Chapter 2 The English Pronunciation and Phonetic Tra criptio
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 Co onantal differences
2.4 Phonetic tra criptio and the International Phonetic Alphabet （IPA）
2.4.1 Why do people use phonetic tra cription？
2.4.2 Introduction to IPA
2.4.3 Diacritics
2.4.4 Broad and narrow tra criptio
Summary
Exercises
Further reading
Chapter 3 English Co onants
3.1 The manne of articulation
3.2 The places of articulation
3.3 Teaching of co onants
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 Functio and uses of intonation
6.7.3 Tone
Summary
Exercises
Further reading
References
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