Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Companion Website
I. FUNDAMENTALS
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Word Structure
Word Stem
Prefixes
Suffixes
Grammatical Endings
Compound Words
Word Stress
II. VOWELS
Chapter 3: Introduction to Vowels
Chapter 4: Monophthongs I: Tongue Vowels
Long and Closed [i?], Non-Syllabic [i?], Short and Open [?]
Exercises for [i?], [i], [i?], and [?]
Long and Closed [e?], Long and Open [??], Short and Open [?], Schwa [?]
Exercises for [e?], [e], [??], [?], and [?]
Long and Open [??], Short and Closed [a]
Exercises for [??] and [a]
Chapter 5: Monophthongs II: Lip Vowels
Long and Closed [o?], Short and Open [?]
Exercises for [o?], [o] and [?]
Long and Closed [u?], Short and Open [?]
Exercises for [u?], [u?] and [?]
Chapter 6: Monophthongs III: Mixed Vowels
Long and Closed [ø?], Short and Open []
Exercises for [ø?] and []
Long and Closed [y?], Short and Open [?]
Exercises for [y?],[y?] and [?]
Chapter 7: Diphthongs
Diphthongs [a?e], [??o] and [??ø]
Exercises for [a?e], [??o], and [??ø]
III. CONSONANTS
Chapter 8: Introduction to Consonants
Chapter 9: Fricatives
Labiodental Fricative [f] and [v]
Exercises for [f] and [v]
Alveolar Fricative [s] and [z]
Exercises for [s] and [z]
Pre-Palatal Fricative [?] and [?]
Exercises for [?] and [?]
Pre-Palatal Fricative [?], [ç] and Velar Fricative [x]
Exercises for [?], [ç] and [x]
Glottal Fricative [h]
Glottal Separation [?]
Exercises for [h] and [?]
Chapter 10: Plosives
Bilabial Plosives [p] and [b]
Exercises for [p] and [b]
Alveolar Plosives [t] and [d]
Exercises for [t] and [d]
Velar Plosives [k] and [?]
Exercises for [k] and [?]
Chapter 11: Nasals
Bilabial Nasal [m]
Alveolar Nasal [n]
Velar Nasal [?]
Exercises for [m], [n] and [?]
Chapter 12: Laterals and Trills
Alveolar Lateral [l]
Exercises for [m], [n] and [?]
Alveolar Trills [r] and [?], Vocalic-R [?] and Uvular Trill [?]
Exercises for [r], [?], [?] and [?]
Chapter 13: Affricates
Affricates [p?s], [p?f], [t?s], [t??], [k?s], and [k?v]
Exercises for [p?s], [p?f], [t?s], [t??], [k?s], and [k?v]
IV. ADVANCED DICTION PROBLEMS
Chapter 14: Exceptions, Vagaries and Problem Words
Vowel Length Exceptions
Final -ie in Words of Non-Germanic Origin
Eszett, ß and Vowel Length
Vowel Length Preceeding x
Prefixes dar-, her-, hin-, vor-
Consonant plus l, n, or r
Ending -ig
Consonant Combination ch
Diminutive Ending -chen
Foreign origin words
No Rhyme or Reason
Chapter 15: Sounds from Foreign Loanwords
French Nasalized Vowels [??], [??], [o?], [?]
French Semi Vowel Glides [w], [?]
Chapter 16: German Latin
APPENDIX
Alphabetical Index of German Spellings
Index of Difficult Words, Names and Exceptions
Glossary
Bibliography
General Index
