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Better English Pronunciation Second edition J. D. O'Connor Professor of Phonetics in the University of London

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Acknowledgements

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A catalogue record for this book 1s available from the British Library

2 Library of Congre,s Cataloguing in Publication data

Problems in pronunciation

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2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6

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The vocal cords The palate I5 The teeth 17 The tongue 17 The lips 21 Exercises 22

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Friction consonants:/f, v, 0, a, s, z, J, 3, h/ 24 Stop consonants: /p, b, t, d, k, g, tJ, d3/ 39 Nasal consonants:/m, n, rJ/ 48 Lateral consonant:/1/ 53 Gliding consonants:/j. w, r'/ 57 Exercises 63

Consonant sequences 64 4. I Initial sequences 64

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The consonants of English

3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 4

Introduction I 'Lend me your ears' 3 Which English? 5 The basic sound3 6 Letters and sounds 7 Sounds and sound-groups 9 Words and utterances II Exercises 12

How the speech organs work in English 2.1

ISBN o 521 23152 3 Paperback ISBN o 521 28134 2 Low pnced ed1t1on ISBN o 521 26349 2 Set of2 cassettes

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O'Connor,Joseph Desmond Better English pronunc1at1on. 2nd ed I English language Textbooks for foreigners 2 English language Pronunc1anon I T1tle II. Senes 428 1 I PEI 128 79 41438

Foreword to the second edition I.I

First published 1967 Second edit10n 1980 Twentieth pnntmg 1998

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Final sequences

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