Marnie Reed is Professor of Education and affiliated faculty in the Program in Applied Linguistics at Boston University, USA. She is also Director of the graduate program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in the School of Education, where she teaches courses in linguistics, second language acquisition, and applied phonetics and phonology.John M. Levis is Angela B. Pavitt Professor of English in the Applied Linguistics and TESL program at Iowa State University, USA.  He specializes in the teaching of pronunciation and oral communication, phonetics and phonology, introductory linguistics, dialects in American literature, and technology and oral communication.

"this volume is a major achievement and set to make a significant contribution to the field.......With its mix of description, theoretical overview, application and flashes of brilliance, this collection certainly offers something for everybody and will be a most valuable addition to any bookshelf." (Journal of second language pronunciation 2016)

• Notes on Contributors viiIntroduction xiiPart I The History of English Pronunciation 11 The Historical Evolution of English Pronunciation 3Jeremy Smith2 Accent as a Social Symbol 19Lynda Mugglestone3 History of ESL Pronunciation Teaching 36John M. Murphy and Amanda A. BakerPart II Describing English Pronunciation 674 Segmentals 69David Deterding5 Syllable Structure 85Adam Brown6 Lexical Stress in English Pronunciation 106Anne Cutler7 The Rhythmic Patterning of English(es): Implications for Pronunciation Teaching 125Ee‐Ling Low8 English Intonation – Form and Meaning 139John M. Levis and Anne WichmannPart III Pronunciation and Discourse 1579 Connected Speech 159Ghinwa Alameen and John M. Levis10 Functions of Intonation in Discourse 175Anne Wichmann11 Pronunciation and the Analysis of Discourse 190Beatrice Szczepek Reed12 Fluency 209Ron I. ThomsonPart IV Pronunciation of the Major Varieties of English 22713 North American English 229Charles Boberg14 British English 251Clive Upton15 Australian and New Zealand English 269Laurie Bauer16 The Pronunciation of English in South Africa 286Ian Bekker and Bertus van Rooy17 Indian English Pronunciation 301Pramod Pandey18 Pronunciation and World Englishes 320Cecil L. Nelson and Seong‐Yoon KangPart V Pronunciation and Language Acquisition 33119 Acquisition of the English Sound System 333Marilyn May Vihman20 Variables Affecting L2 Pronunciation Development 353Pavel Trofimovich, Sara Kennedy, and Jennifer Ann FootePart VI Pronunciation Teaching 37521 Intelligibility in Research and Practice: Teaching Priorities 377Murray J. Munro and Tracey M. Derwing22 The Segmental/Suprasegmental Debate 397Beth Zielinski23 Applying Theories of Language and Learning to Teaching Pronunciation 413Graeme Couper24 The Pronunciation of English as a Lingua Franca 433Robin Walker and Wafa Zoghbor25 Intonation in Research and Practice: The Importance of Metacognition 454Marnie Reed and Christina Michaud26 Integrating Pronunciation into the Language Classroom 471Laura Sicola and Isabelle Darcy27 Using Orthography to Teach Pronunciation 488Wayne B. Dickerson28 Technology and Learning Pronunciation 505Rebecca HincksIndex 520

Marnie Reed is Professor of Education and affiliated faculty in the Program in Applied Linguistics at Boston University, USA. She is also Director of the graduate program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in the School of Education, where she teaches courses in linguistics, second language acquisition, and applied phonetics and phonology.John M. Levis is Angela B. Pavitt Professor of English in the Applied Linguistics and TESL program at Iowa State University, USA.  He specializes in the teaching of pronunciation and oral communication, phonetics and phonology, introductory linguistics, dialects in American literature, and technology and oral communication.

"this volume is a major achievement and set to make a significant contribution to the field.......With its mix of description, theoretical overview, application and flashes of brilliance, this collection certainly offers something for everybody and will be a most valuable addition to any bookshelf." (Journal of second language pronunciation 2016)

• Notes on Contributors viiIntroduction xiiPart I The History of English Pronunciation 11 The Historical Evolution of English Pronunciation 3Jeremy Smith2 Accent as a Social Symbol 19Lynda Mugglestone3 History of ESL Pronunciation Teaching 36John M. Murphy and Amanda A. BakerPart II Describing English Pronunciation 674 Segmentals 69David Deterding5 Syllable Structure 85Adam Brown6 Lexical Stress in English Pronunciation 106Anne Cutler7 The Rhythmic Patterning of English(es): Implications for Pronunciation Teaching 125Ee‐Ling Low8 English Intonation – Form and Meaning 139John M. Levis and Anne WichmannPart III Pronunciation and Discourse 1579 Connected Speech 159Ghinwa Alameen and John M. Levis10 Functions of Intonation in Discourse 175Anne Wichmann11 Pronunciation and the Analysis of Discourse 190Beatrice Szczepek Reed12 Fluency 209Ron I. ThomsonPart IV Pronunciation of the Major Varieties of English 22713 North American English 229Charles Boberg14 British English 251Clive Upton15 Australian and New Zealand English 269Laurie Bauer16 The Pronunciation of English in South Africa 286Ian Bekker and Bertus van Rooy17 Indian English Pronunciation 301Pramod Pandey18 Pronunciation and World Englishes 320Cecil L. Nelson and Seong‐Yoon KangPart V Pronunciation and Language Acquisition 33119 Acquisition of the English Sound System 333Marilyn May Vihman20 Variables Affecting L2 Pronunciation Development 353Pavel Trofimovich, Sara Kennedy, and Jennifer Ann FootePart VI Pronunciation Teaching 37521 Intelligibility in Research and Practice: Teaching Priorities 377Murray J. Munro and Tracey M. Derwing22 The Segmental/Suprasegmental Debate 397Beth Zielinski23 Applying Theories of Language and Learning to Teaching Pronunciation 413Graeme Couper24 The Pronunciation of English as a Lingua Franca 433Robin Walker and Wafa Zoghbor25 Intonation in Research and Practice: The Importance of Metacognition 454Marnie Reed and Christina Michaud26 Integrating Pronunciation into the Language Classroom 471Laura Sicola and Isabelle Darcy27 Using Orthography to Teach Pronunciation 488Wayne B. Dickerson28 Technology and Learning Pronunciation 505Rebecca HincksIndex 520

Marnie Reed is Professor of Education and affiliated faculty in the Program in Applied Linguistics at Boston University, USA. She is also Director of the graduate program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in the School of Education, where she teaches courses in linguistics, second language acquisition, and applied phonetics and phonology.John M. Levis is Angela B. Pavitt Professor of English in the Applied Linguistics and TESL program at Iowa State University, USA.  He specializes in the teaching of pronunciation and oral communication, phonetics and phonology, introductory linguistics, dialects in American literature, and technology and oral communication.

"this volume is a major achievement and set to make a significant contribution to the field.......With its mix of description, theoretical overview, application and flashes of brilliance, this collection certainly offers something for everybody and will be a most valuable addition to any bookshelf." (Journal of second language pronunciation 2016)

• Notes on Contributors viiIntroduction xiiPart I The History of English Pronunciation 11 The Historical Evolution of English Pronunciation 3Jeremy Smith2 Accent as a Social Symbol 19Lynda Mugglestone3 History of ESL Pronunciation Teaching 36John M. Murphy and Amanda A. BakerPart II Describing English Pronunciation 674 Segmentals 69David Deterding5 Syllable Structure 85Adam Brown6 Lexical Stress in English Pronunciation 106Anne Cutler7 The Rhythmic Patterning of English(es): Implications for Pronunciation Teaching 125Ee‐Ling Low8 English Intonation – Form and Meaning 139John M. Levis and Anne WichmannPart III Pronunciation and Discourse 1579 Connected Speech 159Ghinwa Alameen and John M. Levis10 Functions of Intonation in Discourse 175Anne Wichmann11 Pronunciation and the Analysis of Discourse 190Beatrice Szczepek Reed12 Fluency 209Ron I. ThomsonPart IV Pronunciation of the Major Varieties of English 22713 North American English 229Charles Boberg14 British English 251Clive Upton15 Australian and New Zealand English 269Laurie Bauer16 The Pronunciation of English in South Africa 286Ian Bekker and Bertus van Rooy17 Indian English Pronunciation 301Pramod Pandey18 Pronunciation and World Englishes 320Cecil L. Nelson and Seong‐Yoon KangPart V Pronunciation and Language Acquisition 33119 Acquisition of the English Sound System 333Marilyn May Vihman20 Variables Affecting L2 Pronunciation Development 353Pavel Trofimovich, Sara Kennedy, and Jennifer Ann FootePart VI Pronunciation Teaching 37521 Intelligibility in Research and Practice: Teaching Priorities 377Murray J. Munro and Tracey M. Derwing22 The Segmental/Suprasegmental Debate 397Beth Zielinski23 Applying Theories of Language and Learning to Teaching Pronunciation 413Graeme Couper24 The Pronunciation of English as a Lingua Franca 433Robin Walker and Wafa Zoghbor25 Intonation in Research and Practice: The Importance of Metacognition 454Marnie Reed and Christina Michaud26 Integrating Pronunciation into the Language Classroom 471Laura Sicola and Isabelle Darcy27 Using Orthography to Teach Pronunciation 488Wayne B. Dickerson28 Technology and Learning Pronunciation 505Rebecca HincksIndex 520