Practical English Phonetics and Phonology
Course materials: Book 1 & 2
(By Derek Kwok)
Book 1 (For lesson 1-4)
Contents:
  • The organs of speech
  • The International Phonetic Alphabet (revised to 1993, corrected 1996)
  • English Phonemes
  • Vowels: Classification, front vowels, central vowels, back vowels, diphthongs. English phonemic system and its notation ( with diagrams)
  • Consonants: State of vocal cords, manner of articulation, place of articulation. Consonant clusters
  • Practices and applications

    • Book 2 (For lesson 4-6)
    Contents:

  • The pronunciation of General American
  • Accents: General British Vs General American
  • Kenyon & Knott (K.K.)
  • Pronunciation of ed-ending verbs
  • Stress
  • Sound-changes: assimilation, elision, elision in contracted forms
  • Linking
  • Strong form and weak form of the structure words in English
  • Styles of pronunciation
  • Intonation: falling tone, rising tone, fall-rise tone, tone unit boundary, prominent syllable
  • Application: President Bush's Speech on the Gulf War. The accents of English- North of England
  • Revision exercises

    • The text books are published by the International Phonetic (H.K.) Association and are specially written for the course "Practical English Phonetics and Phonology".

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