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Speechcraft: Discourse Pronunciation for Advanced Learners » (1st Edition)

Authors: Laura Diane Hahn, Wayne Beall Dickerson
ISBN-13: 9780472085224, ISBN-10: 0472085220
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Date Published: February 1999
Edition: 1st Edition

Core text to assist international students and others with pronunciation and communication

	Groundwork	1
G-1	Purpose and Scope of Speechcraft	2
G-2	Sounds: Overview of Consonants and Vowels	7
G-3	Beyond Sounds: Overview of the Word Level	11
G-4	Beyond Words: Overview of the Discourse Level	23
	Discourse Level Topics	37
D-1	Message Units	38
D-2	Rhythm - Alternations	43
D-3	Rhythm - Linking	48
D-4	Rhythm - Trimming	55
D-5	Primary Stress - New Information in Content Words	62
D-6	Primary Stress - New Information in Function Words	74
D-7	Intonation	80
	Word Level Topics	91
W-1	Word Stress Rules: Getting Started	92
W-2	Neutral and Basic Endings	95
W-3	The Sounds of the -s/-'s and -ed Endings	100
W-4	Key Syllables and Left Syllables	106
W-5	Key Stress Rule Patterns	114
W-6	V/VC Stress Rule Patterns	128
W-7	Left Stress Rule Patterns	141
W-8	Prefix Stress Rule Patterns	152
App. 1	Suggestions for Instructors	175
App. 2	Vowel and Consonant Prediction Patterns	187
	App. 3: Answers to Items	191