PrefaceSection 1Survey1. The science of speechThe speech chainPhoneticsPhonetics and linguistics2. Making speech soundsSpeech and breathingThe larynxThe vocal tract above the larynxDescribing speech production3. Classifying speech soundsVowelsConsonants4. Tone and tone languagesLexical and grammatical use of toneTone levels and contoursTones and contextTones and pitch-accents5. SuprasegmentalsStress and accentIntonationRhythmOther suprasegmental features6. Acoustics of speech soundsAcoustic waveformsAcoustic and articulatory classification of speech soundsAcoustics of suprasegmental features7. Sounds in systemsSystems of soundsGroups of sounds8.

Connected speech and coarticulationAssimilationCoarticulationElision9. VariationRegional variationSocial variationStyle variationAge and variationChoosing the speech to studyConclusionSection 2 ReadingsSection 3 Referencessection 4 Glossary.