PRONOUNCING THE RHYTHM INTONATION SOUNDS AND MELODIES

OF AMERICAN ENGLISH

 AUDIO INDEX

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1:A-                                                                     Pg.           1:B-                                                                       Pg.

1

Vowel Sounds & Symbols

6, 7

1

/æ/, /e/ & /E/ Contrasts

15

2

/I/ Vowel

8

2

Front Vowel Contrasts

16

   3

/E/ Vowel

9

3

Back Vowel Contrasts

17

4

/^/ Vowel

10

4

Syllable Reduction in Words

18

5

/ə/ Vowel

11

5

Vowel Length   -V  &  +V  Cons

19, 20

6

/U/ Vowel

12

6

/ai/ Vowel

21

7

/I/, /E/, and /^/ Contrasts

13

7

/ei/ Vowel

22

8

/I/, /E/, and /^/ Listening Ex.

13

8

/e/ Vowel + /n/

23

9

Listening Ex.- Schwa Ident.

14

9

/a/ and /^/ Contrasts.

24

10

Listening Ex- Hard Vowels

14

 

           

 

2:A                                                                                      2:B-

1

/ɝ/ Vowel,   Primary Syllable

25

1

/i/ Vowel

36

2

/ɚ/ Vowel,   Weak Syllable

26

2

/æ/ Vowel

37

3

/aɚ/ Diphthong

27

3

/a/  Vowel

38

4

/ɔɚ/ Diphthong

28

4

/o/ Vowel

39

5

Additional /r/ Diphthongs

29

5

/ou/ + /n/ Vowel

40

6

Recurring /r/ Vowel Reading

30

6

/I/ - /i/ Contrasts

41

7

Initial /r/ Consonants

31

7

/o/ & /a/ Contrasts

42

8

/r/ Blends

32, 33

8

Listening Ex.- /I/ and /i/

43

9

/pra/ & /prə/

34

9

/j/ + /u/ Vowel

44

10

Pro words

34

 

11

Additional /r/ Words

35

 

 

3:A-                                                                                      3:B-

1

1 & 2 Syllable Stress Patterns

49

1

Compound Words/ Set Phrases

56

2

3   Syllable Stress Patterns

50

2

Adjective + Noun Stress Pattern

57

3

4  Syllable Stress Patterns

51

3

Word Stress Shift Examples

59

4

Listening Ex. 1  Syllable Stress 

52

4

Word Emphasis Listening Ex.

60

5

Listening Ex. 2  Diagram Stress

52

5

Ligatures-   Vowel to Vowel

61

6

Listening Ex.  Syllable Stress 

52

6

Ligatures -  Consonant to Vowel

62

7

Listening Ex- Phrase Patterns

54

7

Prepositional  phrases

63

8

Listening Ex.- Syllable Reduct.

55

8

Unreleased Voiceless Stops

64

 

9

Unreleased Voiced Stops

65


 

4:A                                                              Pg.             4:B                                                              Pg.

1

Consonant Sounds & Symbols

66,67

1

/s/ & /z/ Grammatical Endings

77

2

Released /p/

68