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Klappentext Intended to help those studying Russian to pronounce the language and to give students a knowledge of the phonetic system of Russian. Zusammenfassung The Phonetics of Russian is intended to help those studying Russian to pronounce the language well! and to give students of general phonetics a knowledge of the phonetic system of Russian. In addition it serves as a reference book on Russian pronunciation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Abbreviations; Part I. Phonetic Theory and Transcription: 1. Introduction; 2. The organs of speech; 3. Breath and voice; 4. Vowels and consonants; 5. How to learn vowels; 6. The classification of vowels; 7. How to describe consonants; 8. The principles of transcription, phonemes; 9. Digraphs; Part II. the Phonetics of Russian: 10. Types of Russian pronunciation; 11. General notes on the Russian vowels and consonants; 12. The Russian vowels in detail; 13. The Russian semi-vowel j; 14. The Russian diphthongs; 15. Labialization and velarization; 16. Palatalized consonants and their phonetic representation; 17. The Russian plosive consonants; 18. The Russian fricative consonants; 19. The Russian affricative consonants; 20. The Russian nasal consonants; 21. The Russian lateral consonants; 22. The Russian rolled consonants; 23. Similitude and assimilation; 24. Accent, stress and length; 25. Intonation; 26. Passages for practice; Appendices; Indices.
