English Phonetic Transcription

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.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations

1. Preliminaries
2. Boundaries
3. Some suprasegmental phenomena
4. Phrasing and intonation
5. Production and classification of speech sounds
6. Consonant orders, phonation, length, and glottalization
7. Special phenomena relating to consonants--chiefly apical stops
8. Sonorants and sibilants
9. Synæresis, spirantization, and sonorant-degemination
10. Assimilation and epenthesis
11. Vowels and diphthongs
12. Gemination and attendant nuclear changes
13. Further details on compound nuclei and related matters
14. Nuclear reduction, syllabic nasals, and detriphthongization
15. Spelling pronunciations and other curiosities

Appendix A: The underlying vowels of most English lects
Appendix B: Long i and u
Appendix C: Standards