English Consonant Clusters focuses on the phonetic transcription, stress, and tone of English consonants and consonant clusters. The topics discussed include the phonetic alphabets; intrusive consonant; teaching consonants; study of textbook practice; pursuit of the phoneme; individual consonant studies; weak consonants; and English consonant clusters. In order to fully make use of this book, readers are expected to possess basic knowledge of one or two systems of phonetic transcription, phonemes of English, stress, tone, and other phonetic matters. This publication is intended for English teachers in order to gain knowledge of modern methods of teaching the language, but is also useful to students conducting research in linguistic studies.

Preface

Introduction


I. Consonants


Phonetic Alphabets


Consonants


Vowels


Diphthongs


Semi-vowels


The Glottal Stop


General Points


Consonants as Signals


Consonants under Stress


Consonants at Word-juncture


Consonants in Assimilation


Assimilation by Voicing


Assimilation Generally


Double Consonants


The Intrusive Consonant


II. Teaching Consonants


General


Tongue and Mouth Positions


Conclusion to Teaching Notes


III. A Study of Textbook Practice


IV. The Phoneme


Conclusion-The Pursuit of the Phoneme


V. Individual Consonant Studies


/b/p/d/t/v/f/g/k/z/s/ / /d /t /ð/ /l/m/n/


VI. The Weak Consonants


/ /r/w/j/h/


VII. English Consonant Clusters


/b/p/d/t/v/f/g/k/z/s/ / /d /t /ð/ /l/m/n/


Conclusion


Bibliography