Standard English Speech
A Compendium of English Phonetics for Foreign Students

Originally published in 1932, this book presents a guide to various aspects of English phonetics aimed at foreign students of the language.

G. E. Fuhrken (Author)

9781107669109, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 July 2014

130 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 0.8 cm, 0.15 kg

Originally published in 1932, this book presents a guide to various aspects of English phonetics aimed at foreign students of the language. Illustrative figures and a bibliography are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the teaching of English, linguistics and phonetics.

Preface
1. The traditional spelling and its deficiencies
2. The study of phonetics. Phonetic symbols
3. Varieties of spoken English
4. Sound, and the organs of speech. Preliminary classification of vowels. Broad and narrow symbols compared
5. Vowel-sounds in present-day standard English. Back and front vowels. A preliminary note on the length of vowel-sounds. The vowel triangle. Mixed vowels. Diphthongs. Obscured vowels. Cardinal vowels
6. Classification of consonants. Consonants in detail. Notes on nasal and lateral plosion
7. The r sounds
8. Length of vowels and consonants, and their interrelation. Weak forms of words
9. Stress
10. The glottal plosive
11. Word-binding and glides
12. Assimilation
13. Elision and simplification
14. Difficult sounds in English
15. Dialect forms
16. Intonation
Bibliography
Index of subjects and phonetic terms
Index of sounds, symbols and diacritic signs.

Subject Areas: Linguistics [CF]