American English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice

American English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice provides an accessible introduction to basic articulatory phonetics for students of American English. This book is essential reading for any student studying this topic.

Paul Carley is Lecturer in English at Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Jeddah, and has held posts at the University of Leicester, the University of Bedfordshire, and at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht. He is a regular lecturer at the UCL Summer Course in English Phonetics. Inger M. Mees is Associate Professor in the Department of Management, Society and Communication at the Copenhagen Business School. She has formerly held lectureships at the universities of Leiden and Copenhagen. She is on the academic staff of the UCL Summer Course in English Phonetics.

English phonemic transcription key Phonetic symbols and diacritics The International Phonetic Alphabet Preface Acknowledgements 1 Basic concepts 2 Consonants 3 Practice: individual consonants 4 Practice: consonant contrasts 5 Vowels 6 Practice: individual vowels 7 Practice: vowel contrasts 8 Weak vowels and weak forms 9 Practice: weak vowels and weak forms 10 Consonant clusters 11 Practice: consonant clusters 12 Connected speech Suggested reading Index