Symbols for phonemic transcription Phonetic symbols and diacritics The International Phonetic Alphabet Preface and acknowledgments Before you start transcribing. PART A: TRANSCRIBING WORDS 1. The familiar consonants /p b t d k f v s z h m n w l r/ and the vowels / æ / 2. Primary stress, unstressed schwa //, unstressed schwar /r/, and unstressed KIT // 3. Consonants with unfamiliar symbols / j o θ ð/ and /t/-voicing 4. The FLEECE /i/ and the GOOSE /u/ vowels 5. The PALM //, THOUGHT //, SPORT /o/, stressed schwa /r/ vowels, and DRESS // and TRAP /æ/ before /r/ 6. The FACE /e/, PRICE /a/, and CHOICE // vowels 7.

The GOAT /o/and MOUTH /a/ vowels 8. FLEECE /i/ and GOOSE /u/ before /r/ 9. Syllabic consonants 10. Secondary stress 11. Inflections and epenthesis PART B: TRANSCRIBING CONNECTED SPEECH 12. Connected speech and liaison 13. Stress and weak forms 14. Elision 15.

Assimilation 16. Connected speech: extended practice PART C: TRANSCRIBING INTONATION 17. An introduction to intonation 18. Nucleus and tail 19. Head and pre-head 20. Intonation: extended practice APPENDICES A. Summary of consonant and vowel theory B. Phonetic transcription References and suggested reading Index.