Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors vii
Introduction xii
Part I The History of English Pronunciation 1
1 The Historical Evolution of English Pronunciation 3Jeremy Smith
2 Accent as a Social Symbol 19Lynda Mugglestone
3 History of ESL Pronunciation Teaching 36John M. Murphy and Amanda A. Baker
Part II Describing English Pronunciation 67
4 Segmentals 69David Deterding
5 Syllable Structure 85Adam Brown
6 Lexical Stress in English Pronunciation 106Anne Cutler
7 The Rhythmic Patterning of English(es): Implications for Pronunciation Teaching 125Ee‐Ling Low
8 English Intonation – Form and Meaning 139John M. Levis and Anne Wichmann
Part III Pronunciation and Discourse 157
9 Connected Speech 159Ghinwa Alameen and John M. Levis
10 Functions of Intonation in Discourse 175Anne Wichmann
11 Pronunciation and the Analysis of Discourse 190Beatrice Szczepek Reed
12 Fluency 209Ron I. Thomson
Part IV Pronunciation of the Major Varieties of English 227
13 North American English 229Charles Boberg
14 British English 251Clive Upton
15 Australian and New Zealand English 269Laurie Bauer
16 The Pronunciation of English in South Africa 286Ian Bekker and Bertus van Rooy
17 Indian English Pronunciation 301Pramod Pandey
18 Pronunciation and World Englishes 320Cecil L. Nelson and Seong‐Yoon Kang
Part V Pronunciation and Language Acquisition 331
19 Acquisition of the English Sound System 333Marilyn May Vihman
20 Variables Affecting L2 Pronunciation Development 353Pavel Trofimovich, Sara Kennedy and Jennifer Ann Foote
Part VI Pronunciation Teaching 375
21 Intelligibility in Research and Practice: Teaching Priorities 377Murray J. Munro and Tracey M. Derwing
22 The Segmental/Suprasegmental Debate 397Beth Zielinski
23 Applying Theories of Language and Learning to Teaching Pronunciation 413Graeme Couper
24 The Pronunciation of English as a Lingua Franca 433Robin Walker and Wafa Zoghbor
25 Intonation in Research and Practice: The Importance of Metacognition 454Marnie Reed and Christina Michaud
26 Integrating Pronunciation into the Language Classroom 471Laura Sicola and Isabelle Darcy
27 Using Orthography to Teach Pronunciation 488Wayne B. Dickerson
28 Technology and Learning Pronunciation 505Rebecca Hincks
Index 520