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Preface by halliday
王宗炎序
Preface by chomsky
沈家煊序
导读
Foreword to the first edition
Foreword to the first edition
Foreword to the sixth edition
List of phonetic symbols and signs
part I speech and language
1 Communication
1.1 speech
1.2 writing
1.3 language
1.4 redundancy
1.5 phonetics and linguistics
2 The production of speech
2.1 The speech chain
2.2 The speech mechanism
2.2.1 sources of energy:the lungs
2.2.2 The larynx and vocal folds
2.2.3 The resonating cavities
2.2.3.1 The pharynx
2.2.3.2 The mouth
2.3 Articulatory Description
3 The sounds of speech
3.1 Sound of speech
3.2 The Acoustic spectrum
3.2.1 Fundamental frequency:pitch
3.2.2 Intensity:loudness
3.2.3 Duration:length
3.2.4 'stress'
3.3 Hearing
4 The description and classification of speech sounds
5 Sounds in language
Part II The sounds of english
6 The historical background
7 Standard and regional accents
8 The english vowels
9 The english consonants
Part III Words and connected speech
10 Words
11 Connected speech
12 Words in connected speech
13 Teaching the pronunciation of english
Bibliography
Index
文库索引