Fundamentals of voice & diction

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• PREFACE = xiii
• 1 A PREVIEW
• THE COURSE = 1
• WHAT KIND OF SPEAKING VOICE TURNS PEOPLE ON? = 5
• Pleasant Quality = 5
• Clear Articulation = 6
• Appropriate Loudness = 6
• Expressiveness = 7
• Unobtrusive Pronunciation = 7
• Dialect = 7
• LISTENING OBJECTIVELY = 9
• Recording Your Voice = 10
• TOPOPHOBIA (STAGE FRIGHT) = 11
• DELIVERY = 13
• WRAP-UP = 14
• 2 SOUND OFF! THE BEGINNINGS OF VOICE
• THE PRODUCTION OF SOUND = 15
• THE NATURE OF BREATHING = 16
• Inhalation = 17
• Exhalation = 17
• BREATHING TO SPEAK = 18
• Breath Control = 18
• Efficient Breathing = 19
• Controlling Exhalation = 20
• HOW YOU PRODUCE SOUND = 22
• The Larynx = 22
• The Vocal Folds = 24
• Resonance and Resonators = 26
• The Human Resonators = 27
• Resonance and Quality = 29
• WRAP-UP = 29
• 3 PUT YOUR BEST VOICE FORWARD! QUALITY
• IS YOUR VOICE PLEASANT TO LISTEN TO? = 31
• Necessary and Unnecessary Tension = 32
• Relaxation = 32
• THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE = 35
• THE BREATHY VOICE = 36
• Eliminating Breathiness = 36
• Assignment 1 : Breathiness = 39
• THE STRIDENT VOICE = 39
• Reducing Stridency = 40
• THE HARSH VOICE = 41
• Reducing Harshness = 42
• VOCAL FRY = 43
• Reducing Vocal Fry = 43
• Assignment 2 : Stridency, Harshness, and Vocal Fry = 45
• THE NASAL VOICE = 45
• Reducing Nasality = 46
• Assimilation Nasality = 48
• THE DENASAL VOICE = 49
• Correcting Denasality = 49
• BALANCED RESONANCE = 50
• Assignment 3 : Nasality and Denasality = 51
• THE THROATY VOICE = 51
• Reducing Throatiness = 51
• Assignment 4 : Throatiness = 53
• GLOTTAL SHOCK = 53
• Reducing Tension = 53
• Assignment 5 : Glottal Shock = 54
• THE HOARSE VOICE = 55
• Reducing Hoarseness = 55
• WRAP-UP = 55
• 4 SPEAK UP! LOUDNESS
• APPROPRIATE LOUDNESS = 57
• Vocal Abuse = 59
• Strengthening the Voice = 59
• WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WHERE YOU'RE SAYING IT, AND THE SIZE OF YOUR AUDIENCE = 61
• Levels of Loudness = 61
• PROJECTION = 66
• Assignment 6 : Projection = 68
• PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRAST = 68
• Assignment 7 : Loudness = 73
• WRAP-UP = 73
• 5 ARTICULATE!
• ARTICULATION = 75
• WHAJASAY? = 75
• Overlapping Speech (Assimilation) = 76
• THE ARTICULATORS = 77
• Exercises for the Articulators = 78
• SOUNDS AND SYMBOLS = 80
• The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) = 80
• WRAP-UP = 83
• 6 VARNISH YOUR VOWELS - DISCIPLINE YOUR DIPHTHONGS
• VOWELS = 85
• Positions for Articulation = 85
• Front Vowels = 87
• Back Vowels = 102
• Middle (Central) Vowels = 115
• Smorgasbord : Review Material for All the Vowels = 122
• Assignment 8 : Vowels = 123
• DIPHTHONGS = 123
• Smorgasbord : Review Material for All the Diphthongs = 133
• Assignment 9 : Diphthongs = 134
• WRAP-UP = 134
• 7 CONSERVE YOUR CONSONANTS
• CONSONANTS = 135
• Plosives = 137
• Grab Bag : Practice Material for the Plosives = 150
• Assignment 10 : Plosives = 151
• Glides (Semivowels) = 151
• Grab Bag : Practice Material for the Glides = 170
• Assignment 11 : Glides = 171
• Nasals = 171
• Grab Bag : Practice Material for the Nasals = 182
• Assignment 12 : Nasals = 183
• Fricatives = 183
• Affricates = 202
• Grab Bag : Practice Material for the Fricatives and Affricates = 205
• Assignment 13 : Fricatives and Affricates = 206
• Smorgasbord : Review Material for All the Consonants = 206
• WRAP-UP = 209
• 8 VARIED AND VIVID - EXPRESSIVENESS
• VOCAL MONOTONY = 212
• Personality Characteristics = 212
• Purpose of the Speaker = 213
• Attitudes and Emotions = 213
• Faulty Habits = 213
• Facing the Problem = 213
• Pitch = 213
• Assignment 14 : Pitch Level = 218
• Range = 218
• Intonation = 219
• Stress and Emphasis = 226
• Assignment 15 : Vocal Variation = 228
• RATE = 228
• Assignment 16 : Rate = 231
• DURATION = 231
• PHRASING AND PAUSES = 234
• Why Pause? = 234
• Assignment 17 : Duration, Phrasing, and Pauses = 239
• PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER = 239
• Assignment 18 : Putting It All Together = 244
• WRAP-UP = 244
• Assignment 19 : Spontaneity = 245
• APPENDIX A Pronunciation and Vocabulary = 247
• Standard Pronunciation = 248
• About Dictionaries = 249
• Pronunciation and Vocabulary Lists = 253
• Pronunciation Lists = 263
• APPENDIX B Suggested Checklists = 277
• APPENDIX C Voice and Speech Profile and Analysis Charts = 305
• GLOSSARY = 331
• CREDITS = 334
• INDEX = 335