Peter Ladefoged, 1975
Chapter 1. Articulatory Phonetics
The Vocal Organs
Places of Articulation
Manners of Articulation
The Articulation of Vowel Sounds
Suprasegmentals
Exercises
Chapter 2. Phonology and Phonetic Transcription
The Transcription of Consonants
The Transcription of Vowels
Exercises
Consonant and Vowel Charts
Phonology
Features
Exercises
Performance Exercises
Chapter 3. The Consonants of English
Stop Consonants
Coarticulation
Palatography
Fricatives
Affricates
Nasals
Approximates
Exercises
Performance Exercises
Chapter 4. English Vowels and Phonological Rules
The Transcription of English Vowels
Vowel Quality
Unstressed Syllables
Tense and Lax Vowels
Rules for English Allophones
Exercises
Performance Exercises
Chapter 5. English Words and Sentences
Strong and Weak Forms
Intonation
Stress
Degrees of Stress
Sentence Stress
Exercises
Performance Exercises
Chapter 6. Airstream Mechanisms and Phonation Types
Airstream Mechanisms
States of the Glottis
Voice Onset Time
Exercises
Performance Exercises
Chapter 7. Place and Manner of Articulation
Places of Articulation
Manners
Exercises
Performance Exercises
Chapter 8. Acoustic Phonetics
Sound Waves
Pitch and Frequency
Loudness and Intensity
Acoustic Measurements
Spectrographic Analysis
Chapter 9. Vowels and Vowel-Like Articulations
Cardinal Vowels
Secondary Cardinal Vowels
Vowels in Other Languages
Wide and Narrow Vowels
Rhotacized Vowels
Nasalization
Summary of Vowel Quality
Secondary Articulation
Exercises
Chapter 10. Syllables and Suprasegmental Features
Performance Exercises
Syllables
Stress
Length
Pitch
Motor Theory
Exercises
Performance Exercises
Chapter 11. Linguistic Phonetics
Linguistic Processes
Linguistic Specifications and Physical Measurements
The Chomsky-Halle Feature System
Traditional Features
The Classification of English Phonemes
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