The Sounds of Spoken English: A Manual of Ear Training for English Students / (4th edition)

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THE SOUNDS OF SPOKEN ENGLISH

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THE ORGANS OF SPEECH.

Plate III. in A. v. Luschka's 'Der Schlundkopf des Menschen,' reproduced by permission of the Publishers, Messrs H. Laupp & Co., TÜbingen.


THE SOUNDS OF SPOKEN ENGLISH
A MANUAL OF EAR TRAINING FOR ENGLISH STUDENTS

BY

WALTER RIPPMANN

LONDON: J. M. DENT & SONS, LTD.
BEDFORD STREET, W.C. MCMX

  • First Edition (3000 copies), January 1906
  • Second Edition (2500 copies), November 1907
  • Third Edition (3000 copies), May 1909
  • Fourth Edition (4000 copies), December 1910

Messrs J. M. Dent & Sons also publish the following Books on Phonetics:—

Extra fcap. 8vo, 1s. net

SPECIMENS OF ENGLISH

Spoken, Read and Recited

This is a companion volume to the Sounds of Spoken English. It contains a carefully graduated selection of passages in prose and verse, transcribed with the signs of the International Phonetic Association, and supplied with exercises. These and parallel passages for practice are also given in ordinary type.

The Sounds of Spoken English and Specimens can also be obtained in one volume, price 2s. net

Extra fcap. 8vo, 2s. 6d. net

ELEMENTS OF PHONETICS

English, French and German

Translated and Adapted by Walter Rippmann from Professor ViËtor's "Kleine Phonetik"

Extra fcap. 8vo, 2s. 6d. net

ELEMENTS OF FRENCH PRONUNCIATION AND DICTION

By B. Dumville, B.A.

Extra fcap. 8vo, 2s.

A PHONETIC FRENCH READER

By S. A. Richards, B.A.

Extra fcap. 8vo, 8d.

FRENCH SPEECH AND SPELLING

A First Guide to French Pronunciation

By S. A. Richards, B.A.

RIPPMANN'S SOUND CHARTS

The Sounds of English—Les Sons du FranÇais—Deutsche Laute

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Small reproductions of the charts, with a table of keywords: 30 copies for 1s.

The alphabet of the International Phonetic Association adopted in these books is also used in Dent's First English Book, First French Book, First German Book, First Spanish Book, First Latin Book, and other volumes of Dent's Modern Language Series.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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