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