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Speak with Distinction
The Classic Skinner Method to Speech on the Stage
Series: Applause Acting Series
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This book is ideal for actors at all levels seeking to improve their speech, as well as teachers, speech coaches, and directors looking for an authoritative reference on spoken English phonetics and articulation.
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(Applause Acting Series). Widely recognised as the most complete and rigorous text of its kind since it was first published in 1942, Speak with Distinction is an invaluable resource. It presents a comprehensive study of the sounds of Spoken English in their most important phonetic environments.
This most recent revision also adds much material for comparisons of speech sounds; suggestions for accurate, efficient and conversational ways of combining the sounds into connected utterance; indications that foster a working knowledge of two dialects of speech (General American and what Mrs. Skinner called Good Speech for classic and elevated texts); and beginning material to show application of the principles of Good Speech to well-written texts.
Some important additions to the book are the extensive Glossary and Index, abundant guides to pronunciations, new sections featuring such details as the complete "Ask-List" of words, a programme for the elimination of glottal attacks of vowel and diphthong sounds, greatly expanded practice material of phrases and sentences, and an updated Chart showing several levels of phonetic transcription and spelling equivalents in current usage.
Speak with Distinction can be used in several ways: as a primary educational textbook for both the beginning and advanced actor; as a supplementary textbook for teachers and students who have their own methods and agenda for study; and as a reference book for teachers, speech coaches and directors.
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Book Details
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ISBN: 9781557830470
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 February 1991
Country: United States
Imprint: Applause Theatre Book Publishers
Edition: Revised edition
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 758g
Pages: 416
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