General phonetics / G. Nöel-Armfield

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Some readons for the study of phonetics. -- The organs of speech. -- Two main classes of speech-sounds. -- Cardinal vowels. -- Phonetic alphabet as applied t standad English. -- Classification of English consonants. -- Classification of English vowels. -- Diphthongs. -- Leight or quantity, and character or quality. -- Assimilation, dissimilation, assibilation, haplology. -- Syllables, syllabic sounds, stress, breath-groups. -- Glides, theory of plosive consonants, double consonants. -- Intonation. -- Strong and wear forms. -- Aspirated and fully-voiced consonants. -- Easier non-English consonants. -- The principal non-English vowels. -- More diffucult non-English consonants. -- Inverse sounds, clicks, whispered sounds and consonants with glottal closure. -- Retroflexed and mixed vowels. -- Significant word intonation. -- Practical hints. -- The transcription of languages hitherto not written. -- A sketch of experimental and instrumental phonetic investigations. -- Exercises. -- The main types of human speech-sounds. -- Dictation exercises. -- Script forms of special phonetic letters. -- Phonetic handwriting

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