Includes bibliographical references (p. 242) and index.

CONTENTS

Preface

Overview and Suggested Plan

Types of Exercises

1. Introduction 1.1 The Speech Process 1.2 Language Variation 1.3 Self-Analysis 1.4 Diagnostic Speech Sample 1.5 Analysis of Problems

2. The Phonetic Alphabet 2.1 English Spelling 2.2 The Phonetic Alphabet

3. Vowel Overview 3.1 Production of Vowels 3.2 American English Vowel Sounds 3.3 American English Vowel Sounds in Sentences

4. Vowels in Detail 4.1 Vowels 1-4: /i, ɪ, eɪ, ɛ/ 4.2 Vowels 5-8: /æ, ɑ, ə, ɔ/ 4.3 Vowels 9-11: /oʊ, ʊ, u/ 4.4 Vowels 13-15: /aɪ, aʊ, ɔɪ/ 4.5 Same Spelling, Different Pronunciation (Advanced) 4.6 Vowel 12: /ɚ/ and Vowels Followed by /ɾ/

5. Review of the Phonetic Alphabet and Vowels 5.1 Review Exercises 5.2 Dialogues for Vowels

6. Stress 6.1 Stressed and Unstressed Syllables 6.2 Vowel Reduction 6.3 Dividing Words into Syllables 6.4 Stress Placement in Words of Two or More Syllables

7. Stress (Advanced) 7.1 Stress and Vowel Reduction in Non-Verb Word Pairs 7.2 Alternation of Reduced and Full Vowels 7.3 Disappearing Syllables

8. Rhythm 8.1 Stress in One-Syllable Words 8.2 Weak Forms: Reducing Function Words 8.3 Rhythmic Grouping: Pausing and Linking

9. Rhythm (Advanced) 9.1 Breaking the Rules 9.2 Words with Variable Stress

10. Stress in Compound Nouns 10.1 Compound Nouns 10.2 Introduction to Intonation 10.3 Compound Versus Non-compound Constructions (Advanced)

11. Review of Stress and Rhythm 11.1 Reding Passages 11.2 Review Exercises

12. Consonant Overview 12.1 Production of Consonants 12.2 American English Consonant Sounds 12.3 American English Consonant Sounds in Sentences

13. Differences Between Voiced and Voiceless Consonants 13.1 Aspiration of Initial Voiceless Stops /p t k/ 13.2 Vowel Length and Final Consonants 13.3 Final Voiceless Consonants 13.4 North American English /t/ (Advanced) 13.5 Exercises for Voiced and Voiceless Consonants

14. <ed> and <s> Endings 14.1 Adding <ed> 14.2 Adding <s> 14.3 Consonant Groups

15. Consonants in Detail 15.1 /s/ and /z/ 15.2 /θ/ and /ð/ 15.3 /ʃ/ and /tʃ/ 15.4 /dʒ/ and /y/ 15.5 /ʒ/ and Review of /ʃ, tʃ, dʒ/ 15.6 Final /dz/ and /ts/ (Advanced) 15.7 /f, v, w/ 15.8 /h/ 15.9 /r/ and /l/ 15.10 Final /m, n, ŋ/ 15.11 Fast Speech Rules 15.12 Review of Consonants: Place of Articulation

16. Intonation 16.1 Intonation and Sentence Stress 16.2 Neutral Pitch Patterns 16.3 Moving Sentence Stress 16.4 Changing the Pitch Pattern 16.5 Choice Questions and Tag Questions (Advanced) 16.6 Dialogues for Intonation

For Further Reading

Glossary

Index

"Simple imitation is just not enough for many non-native speakers to overcome the speech patterns of their native language. Written for those who want to achieve a near-native accent, Accurate English is both a textbook and a reference guide to the pronunciation of English in North America as it is spoken by educated native speakers in fluent speech. Author Rebecca M. Dauer's aim is to help students understand the sound system of English and, by doing so, to help them develop the self-awareness and listening comprehension needed to reduce their accents. Theory is reinforced by numerous practice exercises working up from phrases to dialogues, reading passages, and oral presentations. In addition, spelling patterns for ordinary words, academic words, and exceptions, as well as rules for stress placement, are included." (Book Cover)