British English Phonetic Transcription

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Symbols for phonemic transcription
Phonetic symbols and diacritics
The International Phonetic Alphabet
Preface and acknowledgements
Before you start transcribing…
Part A Transcribing Words
1 The Familiar Consonants /p b t d k ɡ f v s z h m n w l r/ and the Vowels /ɪ æ e ɒ ʌ ʊ/
1.1 Consonants With Familiar Symbols
1.2 The Kit /ɪ/ Vowel
1.3 The Trap /æ/ Vowel
1.4 The Dress /e/ Vowel
1.5 The Lot /ɒ/ Vowel
1.6 The Strut /ʌ/ Vowel
1.7 The Foot /ʊ/ Vowel
1.8 Chapter Revision
2 Primary Stress, Schwa /ə/ and Unstressed Kit /ɪ/
2.1 Word Stress
2.2 Schwa /ə/
2.3 The Unstressed Kit /ɪ/ Vowel
2.4 Variation Between Schwa /ə/ and Kit /ɪ/
2.5 Chapter Revision
3 Consonants With Unfamiliar Symbols /ʃ ʒ ʧ ʤ j ŋ θ ð/
3.1 The Unfamiliar Consonant /ʃ/
3.2 The Unfamiliar Consonant /ʒ/
3.3 The Unfamiliar Consonant /ʧ/
3.4 The Unfamiliar Consonant /ʤ/
3.5 The Unfamiliar Consonant /j/
3.6 The Unfamiliar Consonant /ŋ/
3.7 The Unfamiliar Consonants /θ/ and /ð/
3.8 Chapter Revision
4 The Fleece /iː / and Goose /uː / Vowels
4.1 The Fleece /iː / Vowel
4.2 The Unstressed Fleece /iː / Vowel
4.3 The Goose /uː / Vowel
4.4 The Unstressed Goose /uː / Vowel
4.5 Chapter Revision
5 The palm /ɑː /, thought /ɔː /, nurse /ɜː / and Square /ɛː / Vowels
5.1 The Palm /ɑː / Vowel
5.2 The Thought /ɔː / Vowel
5.3 The Nurse /ɜː / Vowel
5.4 The Square /ɛː / Vowel
5.5 Chapter Revision
6 The Face /eɪ/, Price /aɪ/ and choice /ɔɪ/ Vowels
6.1 The Face /eɪ/ Vowel
6.2 The Price /aɪ/ Vowel
6.3 The Choice /ɔɪ/ Vowel
6.4 Face /eɪ/, price /aɪ/ and choice /ɔɪ/ Before Vowels
6.5 Chapter Revision
7 The Goat /əʊ/ and Mouth /aʊ/ Vowels
7.1 The Goat /əʊ/ Vowel
7.2 The Mouth /a./ Vowel
7.3 Goat /əʊ/ and Mouth /aʊ/ Before Vowels
7.4 Chapter Revision
8 The near /ɪə/ and cure /ʊə/ Vowels
8.1 The Near /ɪə/ Vowel
8.2 The Cure /ʊə/ Vowel
8.3 Diphthong Revision
9 Syllabic Consonants
9.1 Syllabic Consonants
9.2 Syllabic /l/
9.3 Syllabic /n/
9.4 Sequences of Syllabic Consonants
9.5 Syllabic /m/ and /ŋ/
9.6 Desyllabification
9.7 Chapter Revision
10 Secondary Stress
10.1 Secondary Stress Before the Primary Stress
10.2 Secondary Stress After the Primary Stress
10.3 Word-Stress Pairs
10.4 Sequences of Unstressed Syllables
10.5 Stressing of Compounds
10.6 Chapter Revision
11 Inflections and Epenthesis
11.1 The -ed Inflection
11.2 The -s Inflection
11.3 Epenthesis
11.4 Optional Consonants
11.5 Chapter Revision
Part B Transcribing Connected Speech
12 Connected Speech and Liaison
12.1 Introducing Connected Speech
12.2 Liaison
12.3 Analogical /r/-Liaison
12.4 Liaison in Teaching English As a Foreign Language (TEFL)
12.5 Chapter Revision
13 Stress and Weak Forms
13.1 Transcribing Stress in Connected Speech
13.2 Weak Forms and Contractions
13.3 Weak Forms and Contractions: Personal Pronouns
13.4 Weak Forms and Contractions: Possessive Adjectives
13.5 Weak Forms and Contractions: Articles and Quantifiers
13.6 Weak Forms and Contractions: Prepositions
13.7 Weak Forms and Contractions: BE
13.8 Weak Forms and Contractions: Auxiliary Have
13.9 Weak Forms and Contractions: Auxiliary Do
13.10 Weak Forms and Contractions: Modal Verbs
13.11 Weak Forms and Contractions: Conjunctions
13.12 Weak Forms and Contractions: Miscellaneous
13.13 Use of Strong Forms
14 Elision
14.1 Elision
14.2 Elision of /t/
14.3 Elision of /t/ in /st/ + Consonant
14.4 Elision of /t/ in /kt/ + Consonant
14.5 Elision of /t/ in /ft/ + Consonant
14.6 Elision of /t/ in /pt/ + Consonant
14.7 Elision of /t/ in /ʃt/ and /ʧt/ + Consonant
14.8 Elision of /d/
14.9 Elision of /d/ in /nd/ + Consonant
14.10 Elision of /d/ in /ld/ + Consonant
14.11 Elision of / d/ in /md ŋd bd ɡd ʤd vd ðd zd ʒd/ + consonant
14.12 Elision of /k/ in /sk/ + Consonant
14.13 Elision of /p/ and /k/ in /mpt/ and /ŋkt/
14.14 Chapter Revision
15 Assimilation
15.1 Assimilation
15.2 Assimilation of /n/ to /m/
15.3 Assimilation of /n/ to /ŋ/
15.4 Assimilation of Syllabic /n/ to Syllabic /m/ Or /ŋ/
15.5 Assimilation of /d/ to /b/
15.6 Assimilation of /d/ to /g/
15.7 Assimilation of /t/ to /p/
15.8 Assimilation of /t/ to /k/
15.9 Assimilation of /s/ to /ʃ/ and /z/ to /ʒ/
15.10 Coalescent Assimilation of /t/ and /j/ to /ʧ/, and /d/ and /j/ to /ʤ/
15.11 Variable Coalescent Assimilation of /s/ and /z/ + /j/
15.12 Assimilation Or Elision
15.13 Multiple Assimilations, Or Elision Combined With Assimilation
15.14 Assimilation of /ð/
15.15 Assimilation of /ən/ in Happen, Taken, etc.
15.16 Simplification of Fricative Clusters
15.17 Voicing in Obstruent + Obstruent Clusters
15.18 Irregular Assimilations and Elisions
15.19 Chapter Revision
16 Connected Speech Extended Practice
Part C Transcribing Intonation
17 An Introduction to Intonation
17.1 Transcribing Intonation
17.2 The Anatomy of Intonation: The Nucleus
17.3 The Anatomy of Intonation: Nuclear Tones
17.4 The Anatomy of Intonation: The Tail
17.5 The Anatomy of Intonation: The Head
17.6 The Anatomy of Intonation: The Pre-Head
18 Nucleus and Tail
18.1 The Nucleus and the Nuclear Tones
18.2 Short Syllables
18.3 Tails
18.4 Chapter Revision
19 Head and Pre-Head
19.1 Heads
19.2 Pre-Heads
19.3 Chapter Revision
19.4 Intonation Revision I
19.5 Intonation Revision II
20 Intonation
extended Practice
Appendix A Summary of consonant and vowel theory
A.1 The vocal tract
A.2 Consonants
A.3 Vowels
Appendix B Phonetic transcription
B.1 Phonemic and phonetic transcription
B.2 Accurate IPA symbols
B.3 Variation in length
B.4 Nasalisation
B.5 Aspiration and fricative /r/
B.6 Devoicing of obstruents
B.7 Glottal reinforcement, ejectives and glottal replacement
B.8 Fronting, retracting and lip-rounding
B.9 Clear and dark /l/
B.10 Release stage of plosives
B.11 Voiced /t/, labio-dental nasal [ɱ] and allophones of /h/
B.12 Chapter revision
References and Suggested Reading
Index