C PN Cs. | «= Accent Wl a ey: A guide to speaking and pronouncing colloquial American English Second Edition Ann Cook ‘Dustrated by Holly Forsyth Audio by Busy Signal Studios BARRON'S)This book is dedicated to Nate Cook. Also, my special thanks for their extensive contributions to my editor, Dimitry Popow, Carolyn Jaeckin, Dr. Marta Bruno, Karina Lombard, Dr. Hyouk-Keun Kim, Ph.D., Karl Althaus, Adrian Wong, Sergey Korshunov, and Jerry Danielson at Busy Signal Studios. © Copyright 2000 by Ann Cook, htp:/www.americanaccent.com Prior edition copyright © 1991 by Ann Cook. Portions of this book were previously published by Matrix Pres. © Copyright 1989 by Matrix Press All ight reserved. [No part ofthis book may be reproduced in any form by photostat, microfilm, xerography, ‘or any other means, or incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or ‘mechanical, without the written permission of the publisher. All inquiries should be addressed to: Barton’s Educational Series, Inc. ‘280 Wireless Boulevard Hauppauge, NY 11788 tpl Iwwew.barronseduc.com International Standard Book No. 0-7641-1429-8 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 99-7549 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 9876543,Table of Contents Introduction: Read This First ‘A Few Words On Pronunciation Preliminary Diagnostic Analysis, Chapter 4 American Intonation . Staircase Intonation .. Syllable Stress ‘Complex Intonation .. ‘Two-Word Phrases Grammar in a Nutshell. ‘The Miracle Technique Reduced SOUNdS sven ‘Word Groups and Phrasing . Chapter 2 Word Connections...... Chapter 3 Cat? Caught? Cut? .. Chapter 4 The American T .. Chapter 5 Tic El... Voice Quality... Chapter 6 The American R Follow-up Diagnostic Analysis Chapters 1-6 Review and Expansion . ‘Two-, Three and Four-Word Phrases. Chapter 7 Tee Aitch .. Chapter 8 More Reduced Sounds .. Middle I List. Intonation and Attitude Chapter 9 “V" as in Victory Chapter 10 5 or?..... Chapter 14 Tense and Lax Vowels. Grammar in a Bigger Nutshell Chapter 12 Nasal Consonants Chapter 13 Throaty Consonants Final Diagnostic Analysis. Chapters 1-13 Review and Expansion so Nationality Guides... Chinese on. Japanese Spanish Indian Russian French German ... Korean Answer Key .... Id OX ocr