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Acknowledgements ..............................................................................................................11
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Introduction ..........................................................................................................................17
List of phonemic symbols and diacritics ..............................................................................21
I. Vowels ....................................................................................................................................23
A. Monophthongs .................................................................................................................23
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K – bee .................................................................................................25
2.
+– squirrel ..............................................................................................31
3.
G– elephant ..........................................................................................36
4.
]– lamb .............................................................................................40
5.
# – calf .......................................................................................................45
6.
8– dove ................................................................................................51
7.
3– donkey ...................................................................................................56
8.
1 – stork ....................................................................................................61
9.
7– woodchuck ........................................................................................66
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W / – kangaroo .............................................................................................69
11.
– worm ..............................................................................................74
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"– tiger ............................................................................................79
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B. Diphthongs and Triphthongs ...........................................................................................87
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G+– snail ................................................................................................89
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C+– crocodile ............................................................................................92
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1+– coyote .................................................................................................97
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C7– mouse .............................................................................................100
17.
"7– koala ..................................................................................................103
18.
+"– deer ...................................................................................................108
19.
G"– bear ....................................................................................................111
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7"/ – European bison ..........................................................................115
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C+", G+", C7" – lion ........................................................................117
II. Consonants .........................................................................................................................121
A. Plosives ..........................................................................................................................121
22.
R – parrot ...................................................................................................123
23. /t/ – tortoise ..........................................................................................126
24. /k/ – cat ....................................................................................................130
25. /b/ – blue jay ...........................................................................................134
26. /d/ – dolphin ............................................................................................138
27. /g/ – goose .................................................................................................143
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B. Fricatives .......................................................................................................................147
28.
6 – panther ...........................................................................................................149
29.
& – leather carp .................................................................................154
30. /s/ – snake ................................................................................................158
31. /z/ – zebra ................................................................................................162
C. Liquids and velar nasal ..................................................................................................165
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N/ – llama ...................................................................................................167
33. /r/ – rhinoceros ........................................................................................172
34. /
0/ – nightingale ........................................................................................176
III. Selected connected speech processes ................................................................................181
35. Stress shift ...............................................................................................................183
36. Assimilation and elision .........................................................................................184
37. Weak Forms .............................................................................................................187
English-Polish Glossary .....................................................................................................195
References ..........................................................................................................................199
List of tracks .......................................................................................................................200