The Singer's Guide to German Diction

Contents

• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• About the Companion Website
• I. FUNDAMENTALS
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Word Structure
• Word Stem
• Prefixes
• Suffixes
• Grammatical Endings
• Compound Words
• Word Stress
• II. VOWELS
• Chapter 3: Introduction to Vowels
• Chapter 4: Monophthongs I: Tongue Vowels
• Long and Closed [i?], Non-Syllabic [i?], Short and Open [?]
• Exercises for [i?], [i], [i?], and [?]
• Long and Closed [e?], Long and Open [??], Short and Open [?], Schwa [?]
• Exercises for [e?], [e], [??], [?], and [?]
• Long and Open [??], Short and Closed [a]
• Exercises for [??] and [a]
• Chapter 5: Monophthongs II: Lip Vowels
• Long and Closed [o?], Short and Open [?]
• Exercises for [o?], [o] and [?]
• Long and Closed [u?], Short and Open [?]
• Exercises for [u?], [u?] and [?]
• Chapter 6: Monophthongs III: Mixed Vowels
• Long and Closed [o?], Short and Open [oe]
• Exercises for [o?] and [oe]
• Long and Closed [y?], Short and Open [?]
• Exercises for [y?],[y?] and [?]
• Chapter 7: Diphthongs
• Diphthongs [a?e], [??o] and [??o]
• Exercises for [a?e], [??o], and [??o]
• III. CONSONANTS
• Chapter 8: Introduction to Consonants
• Chapter 9: Fricatives
• Labiodental Fricative [f] and [v]
• Exercises for [f] and [v]
• Alveolar Fricative [s] and [z]
• Exercises for [s] and [z]
• Pre-Palatal Fricative [?] and [?]
• Exercises for [?] and [?]
• Pre-Palatal Fricative [?], [c] and Velar Fricative [x]
• Exercises for [?], [c] and [x]
• Glottal Fricative [h]
• Glottal Separation [?]
• Exercises for [h] and [?]
• Chapter 10: Plosives
• Bilabial Plosives [p] and [b]
• Exercises for [p] and [b]
• Alveolar Plosives [t] and [d]
• Exercises for [t] and [d]
• Velar Plosives [k] and [?]
• Exercises for [k] and [?]
• Chapter 11: Nasals
• Bilabial Nasal [m]
• Alveolar Nasal [n]
• Velar Nasal [?]
• Exercises for [m], [n] and [?]
• Chapter 12: Laterals and Trills
• Alveolar Lateral [l]
• Exercises for [m], [n] and [?]
• Alveolar Trills [r] and [?], Vocalic-R [?] and Uvular Trill [?]
• Exercises for [r], [?], [?] and [?]
• Chapter 13: Affricates
• Affricates [p?s], [p?f], [t?s], [t??], [k?s], and [k?v]
• Exercises for [p?s], [p?f], [t?s], [t??], [k?s], and [k?v]
• IV. ADVANCED DICTION PROBLEMS
• Chapter 14: Exceptions, Vagaries and Problem Words
• Vowel Length Exceptions
• Final -ie in Words of Non-Germanic Origin
• Eszett, ss and Vowel Length
• Vowel Length Preceeding x
• Prefixes dar-, her-, hin-, vor-
• Consonant plus l, n, or r
• Ending -ig
• Consonant Combination ch
• Diminutive Ending -chen
• Foreign origin words
• No Rhyme or Reason
• Chapter 15: Sounds from Foreign Loanwords
• French Nasalized Vowels [??], [??], [o?], [oe?]
• French Semi Vowel Glides [w], [?]
• Chapter 16: German Latin
• APPENDIX
• Alphabetical Index of German Spellings
• Index of Difficult Words, Names and Exceptions
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• General Index