Estadistica
A guide to speaking and pronouncing colloquial American English
Second Edition Ann Cook
Illustrated by Holly Forsyth Audio by Busy Signal Studios
BARRON'S
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This book is dedicated to Nate Cook. Also, my special thanks for their extensive contributions to my editor, Dimitry Popow, Carolyn Jaeckin, Dr. Maria Bruno, Karina Lombard, Dr. Hyouk-Keun Kim,Ph.D., Karl Althaus, Adrian Wong, Sergey Korshunov, and Jerry Danielson at Busy Signal Studios.
© Copyright 2000 by Ann Cook, http://www.americanaccent.com Prior edition copyright © 1991 by Ann Cook. Portions of this book were previously published by Matrix Press. © Copyright 1989 by Matrix Press All right reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by photostat, microfilm,xerography, or any other means, or incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical, without the written permission of the publisher. All inquiries should be addressed to: Barron's Educational Series, Inc. 250 Wireless Boulevard Hauppauge,NY11788 http://www. barronseduc. com International Standard Book No. 0-7641-1429-8 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 99-75495 PRINTED IN THEUNITED STATES OF AMERICA 987654321 Желательно иметь шрифт WP Phonetic
Table of Contents
Read This First
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What Is Accent? Can I Learn a New Accent? Accent versus Pronunciation "Which Accent Is Correct?" "Why Is My Accent So Bad?" Less Than It Appears ... More Than It Appears Language Is Fluent and Fluid
A Few Words On Pronunciation
Tense Vowels? Lax Vowels? VoicedConsonants? Unvoiced Consonants? Pronunciation Points
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Telephone Tutoring
Preliminary Diagnostic Analysis The American Speech Music
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Chapter 1 American Intonation
What to Do with Your Mouth to Sound American American Intonation Do's and Don'ts What Exactly Is Staircase Intonation? Three Ways to Make Intonation Exercise 1-1: Rubber Band Practice withNonsense Syllables
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Staircase Intonation
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Statement Intonation with Nouns Statement Intonation with Pronouns Exercise 1-3; Noun and Pronoun Intonation Statement Versus Question Intonation CD 1 Track 10 Emotional or Rhetorical Question Intonation Exercise 1-4: Sentence Intonation Test Exercise 1-5: Four Main Reasons for Intonation
1.New Information 2. Opinion 3. Contrast 4. Can't
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Exercise 1-6: Pitch and Meaning Change Exercise 1-7: Individual Practice Exercise 1-8: Meaning of "Pretty" Exercise 1-9: Inflection Exercise 1-10; Individual Practice
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Overdo It We All Do It Exercise 1-11: TranslationIntonation Contrast Exercise 1-12: Create Your Own Intonation Contrast Exercise 1-13: Variable Stress Exercise 1 -14: Make a Variable Stress Sentence Application of Intonation Exercise 1 -15: Application of Stress How You Talk Indicates to People How You Are Exercise 1-16: Paragraph Intonation Practice Exercise 1-17: Staircase Intonation Practice Exercise 1-18: Reading with Staircase Intonation Exercise1-19: Spelling and Numbers Exercise 1-20; Sound/Meaning Shifts CD 1 Track 29 Exercise 1-21: Squeezed-Out Syllables CD 1 Track 30
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Syllable Stress CD 1 Track 31
Syllable Count Intonation Patterns
Exercise 1-22: Syllable Patterns 1 Syllable2 Syllables Exercise 1-22: Syllable Patterns continued 3 Syllables Exercise 1-22; Syllable Patterns continued 4 Syllables Exercise 1-23; Syllable Count Test CD 1 Track 32
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Complex Intonation
Two-Word Phrases
Word Count Intonation Patterns
Exercise 1-24: Single-Word Phrases
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Descriptive Phrases CD Track 36...
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