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Introduction; Part I. General Concepts: 1. The semiotic framework; 2.The relationship between phonetics and phonology; 3. Accent, dialectand language; Part II. The Anayltical Framework: 4. The phoneticanalysis of speech; 5. The architecture of phonetic classification;Part III. Initiation and Phonotation: 6. Airstream mechanisms; 7.Phonation; Part IV. Linear Segmental Analysis: 8. Stop articulations;9. Fricative articulations; 10. Resonant articulations; 11. Multiplearticulations; Part V. Articulatory Co-ordination and PhoneticSettings: 12. Inter-segmental co-ordinations; 13. Phonetic similarityand multi-segmental settings; Part VI. Temporal, Prosodic and MetricalAnalysis: 14. The temporal organization of speech; segmental duration;15. The prosodic organization of speech: pitch and loudness; 16. Themetrical organization of speech: stress, syllable weight, prominenceand rhythm; 17. The temporal organization of speech; continuity andrate; Part VII. Principles of Transcription: 18. Types oftranscription; Part VIII; Conclusion: 19. Evaluating general phonetictheory; Envoi; References; Appendices; Index of names; Subject index.