《实用英语语音学》

1．Introduction1

2．The Organs of Speech7

Part One: The English Speech Sounds9

3．Classification of Speech Sounds9

4．Classification of Consonants11

5．The English Consonants15

1）Fricatives15

2）Plosives29

3）Affricates38

4）Nasals44

5）Lateral50

6）Frictionless Continuant53

7）Semi-vowels55

8）Exercises in English Consonants59

6．Consonant Clusters62

1）Plosive + Plosive63

2）Plosive + Nasal65

3）Plosive + Lateral[1]67

4）Lateral[1] + Consonant67

5）Exercises in Consonant Clusters68

7．The English Vowels69

General Remarks69

The English Monophthongs71

（1）The Front Vowels71

（2）The Back Vowels77

（3）The Central Vowels86

8．The English Diphthongs93

1）The Closing Diphthongs93

2）The Centring Diphthongs103

3）Exercises in the English Vowels108

Part Two: Sounds In Connected Speech112

9．Strong and Weak Forms112

10．Assimilation and Elision126

11．Liaison132

12．Length of A Sound138

13．Word Stress142

14．Sentence Stress152

15．Rhythm162

16．Sense Groups and Pausing174

Part Three: Intonation177

17．The Structure of Intonation177

18．Types of Nucleus182

19．The Uses of the Tones189

20．Miscellaneous Patterns216

Material for Intonation Practice223

Part Four: American Pronunciation And Intonation228

21．American Pronunciation228

22．American Intonation236

Bibliography243