Voice and Diction: A Program for Improvement Book

	Preface
1	Voice, Diction, and Effective Communication	3
2	The Mechanisms (Instruments) for Speech	17
3	Our Changing Speech Patterns	42
4	American-English Pronunciation	72
5	Breathing for Effective Vocalization	81
6	Production of Clear Tones	96
7	Pitch and Effective Vocalization	105
8	Reinforcement of Voice through Resonance	126
9	Making Yourself Heard	143
10	Timing: Rate, Duration, and Pause	158
11	Vocal Variety in Speaking and Reading	168
12	Introduction to the Study of American-English Speech Sounds	183
13	Individual Study of American-English Sounds: The Vowels	195
14	Diphthongs	244
15	Consonants: The Lip (Bilabial) and Glide Sounds	263
16	The Lip-Teeth Sounds	286
17	The Tongue-Teeth Sounds	294
18	The Tongue-Tip to Gum-Ridge, Stop-Plosive Sounds and the Velar Stops	303
19	The Tongue-Tip Fricatives	329
20	The Postalveolar Sounds	352
21	The Nasal Consonants	367
22	The Vowel-Like Sounds	386
	Epilogue: Emerging Technologies and American-English Diction	409
App. A	Pronunciation Watch	411
App. B	Voice-Improvement Checklist	421
App. C	Pronunciation and Articulation Checklist	423
App. D	Glossary of Terms	425
	Index	431