The Phonetics of Russian

Abstract

Preface Abbreviations Part I. Phonetic Theory and Transcription: 1. Introduction 2. The organs of speech 3. Breath and voice 4. Vowels and consonants 5. How to learn vowels 6. The classification of vowels 7. How to describe consonants 8. The principles of transcription, phonemes 9. Digraphs Part II. the Phonetics of Russian: 10. Types of Russian pronunciation 11. General notes on the Russian vowels and consonants 12. The Russian vowels in detail 13. The Russian semi-vowel j 14. The Russian diphthongs 15. Labialization and velarization 16. Palatalized consonants and their phonetic representation 17. The Russian plosive consonants 18. The Russian fricative consonants 19. The Russian affricative consonants 20. The Russian nasal consonants 21. The Russian lateral consonants 22. The Russian rolled consonants 23. Similitude and assimilation 24. Accent, stress and length 25. Intonation 26. Passages for practice Appendices Indices.