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A manual primarily for investigators and teachers of English phonetics, but it could be helpful to theoreticians. The focus is on transcriptional procedures. The author's original design was Southern British pronunciation, but he has since adapted this to the needs of a broader readership.Contents: Preface Acknowledgements AbbreviationsPreliminaries Boundaries Some suprasegmental phenomena Phrasing and intonation Production and classification of speech sounds Consonant orders, phonation, length, and glottalization Special phenomena relating to consonants--chiefly apical stops Sonorants and sibilants Synæresis, spirantization, and sonorant-degemination Assimilation and epenthesis Vowels and diphthongs Gemination and attendant nuclear changes Further details on compound nuclei and related matters Nuclear reduction, syllabic nasals, and detriphthongization Spelling pronunciations and other curiositiesThe underlying vowels of most English lects Long i and u Standards
