English Phonetics and Phonology: A Practical Course Book

	Preface to the third edition
	List of symbols
	Chart of the International Phonetic Alphabet
	How to use this book
1	Introduction	1
2	The production of speech sounds	8
3	Long vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs	19
4	Voicing and consonants	27
5	The phoneme	38
6	Fricatives and affricates	48
7	Nasals and other consonants	58
8	The syllable	70
9	Strong and weak syllables	81
10	Stress in simple words	93
11	Complex word stress	104
12	Weak forms	112
13	Problems in phonemic analysis	121
14	Aspects of connected speech	134
15	Intonation 1	156
16	Intonation 2	162
17	Intonation 3	171
18	Functions of intonation 1	183
19	Functions of intonation 2	193
20	Further areas of study in phonetics and phonology	204
	Recorded exercises	214
	Answers to written exercises	248
	Answers to recorded exercises	260
	Recommendations for general reading	270
	Bibliography	273
	Index	280