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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

13.

G+– snail ................................................................................................89

14.

C+– crocodile ............................................................................................92

15.

1+– coyote .................................................................................................97

16.

C7– mouse .............................................................................................100

17.

"7– koala ..................................................................................................103

18.

+"– deer ...................................................................................................108

19.

G"– bear ....................................................................................................111

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7"/ – European bison ..........................................................................115

21.

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