INTRODUCTION Ⅰ. English Phonetics Ⅱ. gnglish Spelling and Sounds Ⅲ. Phonetic Transcription Ⅳ. Model of English Pronunciation Ⅴ. Articulators CHAPTER ONE Individual Sounds of English Unit 1 Classification of English Phonemes 1.1 Phonemes and Their Allophones 1.2 Classification of English Phonemes Unit 2 Front Vowels Unit 3 Central Vowels Unit 4 Back Vowels Unit 5 Diphthongs 5.1 Closing Diphthongs 5.2 Centring Diphthongs Unit 6 Plosives 6.1 Bilabial Plosives 6.2 Alveolar Plosives 6.3 Velar Plosives Unit 7 Fricatives 7.1 Labio-Dental Fricatives 7.2 Dental Fricatives 7.3 Alveolar Fricatives 7.4 Palate-Alveolar Fricatives 7.5 Glottal Fricative Unit 8 Palate-Alveolar Affrieates Unit 9 Nasals 9.1 Bilabial Nasal 9.2 Alveolar Nasal 9.3 Velar Nasal Unit 10 Lateral Unit 11 Aporoximants 11.1 Post-Alveolar Approximant 11.2 Palatal Approximant 11.3 Labial-Velar Approximant Unit 12 Consonant Clusters 12.1 Consonant Clusters at the Beginning of Words 12.2 Consonant Clusters at the End of Words CHAPTER TWO Sound Changes in Connected Speech Unit 13 Strong and Weak Forms Unit 14 Linking Unit 15 Elision and Contraction 15.1 Elision 15.2 Contraction Unit 16 Assimilation 16.1 Historical Assimilation 16.2 Contextual Assimilation Chapter Three Stress Patterns Unit 17 Word Stress 17.1 Concept of Stress 17.2 Degrees of Stress 17.3 Kinds of Stress 17.4 General Rules for Stress Placement 17.5 Word Stress 17.6 Compound Nouns 17.7 Word Class Pairs 17.8 Additional Practices Unit 18 Sentence Stress 18.1 Stressed Words 18.2 Unstressed Words CHAPTER FOUR Intronation Unit 19 Intonation(1) 19.1 Falling and Rising Tones 19.2 Tails 19.3 Question Tags 19.4 Cleft Sentences 19.5 Questions(1) 19.6 Questions(2) Unit 20 Intonation(2) 20.1 Repeat Questions 20.2 Comparisons and Contrasts 20.3 Requests and Reservation 20.4 Attitude Words and Phrases(1) 20.5 Attitude Words and Phrases(2) Appendix Ⅰ Differences in Pronunciation between British English and American English Appendix Ⅱ English Syllable Structure Appendix Ⅲ Tense-Lax Vowel Alternations in Stressed Syllables of Base Forms and Derived Words References