PRONUNCIATION TABLE 4
SECTION ONE:VOWELSs 7
Long Vowels 7
Short Vowels 10
Vowels Followed by Lor R 14
SECTION TWO:CONSONANTS 19
Simple Consonants 19
Initial Consonant Clusters 37
Final Consonant Clusters 46
SECTION THREE:LINKING 51
Consonant to Vowel Linking 51
Vowel to Vowel Linking 51
Consonant to Consonant Linking 52
Linking Cluster Consonants in Two Separate Words 53
SECTION FOUR:REDUCED ENGLISH 55
Reductions 55
Contractions 59
Rapid English 61
SECTION FIVE:STRESS 65
Syllable Stress Patterns 65
Linked Vowel 69
SECTION SIX:INTONATION 70
Sentence Intonation 70
Words Stress 72
Speech Patterns 73