PART ONE

1．The Purpose of This Book

2．Sounds and Symbols：A Preliminary View of the Sounds of English and the Phonetic Symbols Representing Them

Observations on＂silent letters＂in English

Stressing and unstressing

Summary of the sounds of English：Key words

3．Production and Classification of Speech Sounds

The need for a special nomenclature

Consonant，vowel，and phoneme defined

4．Detailed View of the Sounds of English Speech

RéSumé

English vowels

English diphthongs

Unstressing in sentences

Some stressed and unstressed pairs of vowels

Duration of stressed vowels in English

English consonants

Observations on distinguishing between voiced and voiceless plosives

An observation on the vocal component of voiced consonants

The glottal stop and its functions

Nasals

5．Sound Change

Physiological causes of sound change

Psychological causes of sound change

Sociological causes of sound change

Specific sound changes

Special cases of assimilation

PART TWO

6．Speech Regions of America

7．General American English：Standard and Substandard

Standard General American English

Deviations from standard General American speech

Southern-General American Border substandard pronunciation

Urban substandard speech

Deviations from standard General American，Southern，and Eastern speech

8．Southern American English：Standard and Substandard

Standard Southern speech

Deviations from standard Southern American speech

Miscellaneous substandard pronunciations

9．Eastern American English：Standard and Substandard

Standard Eastern speech

Deviations from standard Eastern speech

Urban substandardisms

10．Standard Southern British：＂Stage Speech＂

Plays requiring or permitting stage speech for the grammatically accurate portions

Sound system of Southern British (stage) speech