San Antonio College Library

Lists acceptable pronunciations for 8,000 "problem words" that are often pronounced incorrectly and indicates a preferred pronunciation.

There are many reasons for writing a book; this one was conceived and developed mainly for two. First, a new area has emerged from within the forensic sciences -- that of forensic phonetics. As with all new specialties, it is necessary to define it, identify its boundaries, justify its importance and compile a list of the elements it encompasses. This book attempts to outline these several relationships. Second, over the past decade I have become...

Instruction for the actor in imitating the Japanese, Brooklyn, American Southern, standard English, Cockney, Irish, Scots, French, Italian, German, and Russian dialects and/or accents.

"For helping kindergartners and first graders who need extra work on their literacy skills, this proven plan for teaching phonemic awareness and letter sound correspondence is a valuable resource. Researchers created this developmentally sequenced, 11-week program in order to give students repeated opportunities to practice and enhance their beginning reading and spelling abilities. Each of the 44 15-20 minute lessons features three activities: Say-It-and-Move-It,...