TY - BOOK AU - Dauer,Rebecca M. ED - University of Massachusetts at Amherst TI - Accurate English: a Complete Course in Pronunciation SN - 0130072532 (Student Book) AV - PE1137 .D36 1993 U1 - 428.3/4 20 PY - 1993/// CY - Englewood Cliffs, N.J. PB - Regents/Prentice Hall KW - English language KW - Pronunciation KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers N1 - 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. and Endings; 14.1 Adding ; 14.2 Adding ; 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 N2 - "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) ER -