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First published in 1913, this book was intended as a manual for students in Scottish training colleges and for teachers of English in Scottish schools.
List of contents
Preface; Values of phonetic symbols; Part I. Phonetics: 1. Phonetics and phonetic transcriptions; 2. The organs of speech; 3. Classification of sounds; 4. Plosive consonants; 5. Liquid consonants; 6. Fricative consonants; 7. The vowels; 8. Nasalization and inversion; 9. The breath group; 10. Sounds in the breath group; 11. Syllables; 12. Assimilation; 13. Stress; 14. Quantity; 15. Intonation; Part II. Phonetic Transcriptions: 1. Standard pronunciation. A. Declamatory style; 2. Standard pronunciation. B. Careful conversational style; 3. Standard pronunciation. C. Rapid conversational style; 4. Scotch dialect; Part III. Questions and Exercises; Appendix 1. Ordinary spelling of the pieces transcribed in Part II; Appendix 2. Summary of differences of pronunciation between standard Scottish and Southern English; Appendix 3. Points to be remembered by teachers of reading; Index of words referred to.
About the author
William Grant holds a BA in Fiction Writing and Photography from Columbia College Chicago. He's had work published in Hypertext Magazine and The Lab Review. He currently lives in the Chicagoland area with his partner and their cat. This is his first novel.
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Summary
First published in 1913, this book was originally intended as a manual for students in Scottish training colleges and for teachers of English in Scottish schools. Grant supplies passages from well-known literature translated into the phonetic alphabet for both the declamatory and conversational styles.
