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Sound Advantage: A Pronunciation Book

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This text focuses on elements essential for successful pronunciation ¿ stress, intonation, individual sounds (both vowels and consonants), linking, reductions, ellipses, consonant replacements, and inflectional endings. Also provides a variety of exercises to practice for the SPEAK test.

Table of Contents:
1           Syllable Recognition and Reduction                         Part I: Syllables                         Part II: Stressed Syllables                         Part III: Recognizing Syllable Stress in English                         Part IV: Ellipsis                         Part V: Unstressed Syllables with Non-Reduced Vowels   An Overview of English Vowels     2           Lax Vowels                         Part I: /æ/                         Part II: /I/                         Part III: /T/                         Part IV: /a/                         Part V: /u/     3           The Tense Vowels                         Part I: Diphthongs /ay/, /aw/, /oy/                         Part II: /iy/                         Part III: /ey/                         Part IV: /uw/                         Part V: /ow/     4           Troublesome Consonants                         Part I: /s/ and /z/                         Part II: th /è/ and /ð/                         Part III: /r/ and /l/                         Part IV: Nonreleased Final Consonants                         Part V: Consonant Clusters                         Part VI: Consonant Combinations in Phrases and Sentences     5           Linking                         Part I: Linking with Vowels                         Part II: Linking Identical Consonants     6           Consonant Replacements                         Part I: The Flap                         Part II: The Glottal Stop                         Part III: Can/Can’t                         Part IV: Negative Contractions     7           Common Reductions                         Part I: Reductions with /h/                         Part II: going to/want to/have to/has to                         Part III: of                         Part IV: and/or/for   8           Sentence Rhythm                         Part I: Sentence Stress and Unstress                         Part II: Content and Function Words                         Part III: Stress Timing   9           Information Focus and Intonation                         Part I: Information Focus: The Basic Pattern                         Part II: Common Intonation Patterns                         Part III: Contrasting New Information                         Part IV: Intonation Patterns That Change the Meaning                         Part V: Lists   10         Inflectional Endings                         Part I: Past Tense (-ed)                         Part II: Plural/3rd Person s                         Part III: -teen/-ty   11         Reductions in Consonant Clusters                         Part I: sts/sks/th Deletion                         Part II: nt Reduction                         Part III: Assimilation   12         Contractions                         Part I: Contractions with “will”                         Part II: Contractions with the Verb “be”                         Part III: Contractions with “have,” “has,” “does,” “did”                         Part IV: Contractions with “would” and “had”


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780138161903
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson Education (US)
  • Depth: 13
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Weight: 382 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0138161909
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 1992
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: A Pronunciation Book
  • Width: 180 mm


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