Contents

Introduction
What is S4?
The Short-A and the Long-A Sounds
The Short-E and the Long-E Sounds
The Short-I and the Long-I Sounds
The Short-O and the Long-O Sounds
The Short-U and the Long-U Sounds
The Ash Sound
The Short-Schwa and the Long-Schwa Sounds
The EI-Sound and the OU-Sound
The AI-Sound and the AU-Sound
The OI-Sound
The Clear-L and Dark-L Sounds
The Clear-M and the Dark-M Sounds
The Clear-N and the Dark-N Sounds
The Clear-R and the Dark-R Sounds
The P-Sound and the B-Sound
The T-Sound and the D-Sound
The K-Sound and the G-Sound
The Esh-Sound and the Ezh-Sound
The T-Esh-Sound and the D-Esh-Sound
The Thorn-Sound and the Eth-Sound
The F-Sound and the V-Sound
The S-Sound and the Z-Sound
The Y-Sound and the W-Sound
The H-Sound and the Eng-Sound
Things you can do with S4 phonetic text
How good does pronunciation need to be ?
Concerning vowels and consonants
Concerning light and dark vowels
Concerning British pronunciation
Witting or unwitting
Phonemic or phonetic
Breaking the cultural barrier
Register
Liaison in phonetic text
And what about "phonics" ?
Accreditation
Acknowledgements