ROBERT A. FRADKIN, Assistant Professor of Hebrew at the University of Maryland, College Park, has also taught Russian and general linguistics. He is author of Stalking the Wild Verb Phrase as well as scholarly articles in his academic fields.

• PreludeA Tribute to WFOS-FMOther AcknowledgmentsOvertureWhy This Guide?The Old "Native vs. Anglicized" ControversyCaveat DictorStructure of the BookSuggestions for Using The BookLimitationsMovement 1. Transcription and Other BasicsTranscription ConventionsLetter vs. SoundOptions and AlternativesWhich Phonetic Transcription?Is the Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty?Sound SymbolsVowelsConsonantsHow to Read the ListsOn Alphabetical OrderWhat's in a Name?People and PlacesOf Firsts and LastsLanguage, Ethnicity, Religion, and PoliticsMore on Slash DesignationsMovement 2. Alphabetical ListMovement 3. List By LanguageArmenianBulgarianChineseCzech and the Hacek Languages(Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, Slovenia, Lithuanian, Latvian)Note on Last NamesDutch and FlemishEnglishFinnish and EstonianFrenchGerman GreekHungarianItalianJapaneseKoreanLatin PolishNote on Polish Last NamesPortugueseRomanianRussian and UkrainianScandinavian (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish)SpanishFive Interludes For Tongue and LarynxInterlude 1. The Voicing PrincipleTwo Kinds of ConsonantsInterlude 2. Consonants on Paper and in the MouthSome Terminology for Types of SoundsSo-called Hard and Soft ConsonantsFlap, Catch, ShiftDoubles and Dub BullsConsonant Cluster RepriseInterlude 3. Vowels in "General European" vs. EnglishVowels in the MouthOther Vowel SoundsOf Diphthongs and Digraphs"Long" and "Short""Broad" and "Flat"ShwaInterlude 4. Stress ManagementInterlude 5. Hints on Reading Key SignaturesMovement 4. Letter and Sound in the Languages of Europe and East AsiaGeneral Remark on Accent Marks and DiacriticsRomance LanguagesLatinItalianRomanianFrenchPortugueseSpanishGermanic LanguagesEnglishGermanTwo Notes on Visual ImpressionsNote on Names, Letters, and ImmigrationVoicing RepriseDutch and FlemishScandinavian (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish)Slavic and Baltic LanguagesOn Language, Religion, and AlphabetPolishThe Hacek Languages(Czech, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian; Lithuanian, Latvian)Russian-Ukrainian-BulgarianA Guide to Russian Last and Middle NamesFinno-Ugric and Other European LanguagesFinnish, Estonian, HungarianFrom the Ends of EuropeAlbanian, GreekTurkish, Welsh, IrishEast Asian LanguagesJapanese and KoreanJapanese Stress and Vowel SkippingChineseCODADiacritic ReviewLetter-to-Sound ReviewSouth-to-Letter ReviewThe Palatal ChallengeFinale. Annotated BibliographyI. Names but no phoneticsII. Names and phoneticsIII. General Transcription, Phonetics for Singers, etc.Indexes

ROBERT A. FRADKIN, Assistant Professor of Hebrew at the University of Maryland, College Park, has also taught Russian and general linguistics. He is author of Stalking the Wild Verb Phrase as well as scholarly articles in his academic fields.

• PreludeA Tribute to WFOS-FMOther AcknowledgmentsOvertureWhy This Guide?The Old "Native vs. Anglicized" ControversyCaveat DictorStructure of the BookSuggestions for Using The BookLimitationsMovement 1. Transcription and Other BasicsTranscription ConventionsLetter vs. SoundOptions and AlternativesWhich Phonetic Transcription?Is the Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty?Sound SymbolsVowelsConsonantsHow to Read the ListsOn Alphabetical OrderWhat's in a Name?People and PlacesOf Firsts and LastsLanguage, Ethnicity, Religion, and PoliticsMore on Slash DesignationsMovement 2. Alphabetical ListMovement 3. List By LanguageArmenianBulgarianChineseCzech and the Hacek Languages(Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, Slovenia, Lithuanian, Latvian)Note on Last NamesDutch and FlemishEnglishFinnish and EstonianFrenchGerman GreekHungarianItalianJapaneseKoreanLatin PolishNote on Polish Last NamesPortugueseRomanianRussian and UkrainianScandinavian (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish)SpanishFive Interludes For Tongue and LarynxInterlude 1. The Voicing PrincipleTwo Kinds of ConsonantsInterlude 2. Consonants on Paper and in the MouthSome Terminology for Types of SoundsSo-called Hard and Soft ConsonantsFlap, Catch, ShiftDoubles and Dub BullsConsonant Cluster RepriseInterlude 3. Vowels in "General European" vs. EnglishVowels in the MouthOther Vowel SoundsOf Diphthongs and Digraphs"Long" and "Short""Broad" and "Flat"ShwaInterlude 4. Stress ManagementInterlude 5. Hints on Reading Key SignaturesMovement 4. Letter and Sound in the Languages of Europe and East AsiaGeneral Remark on Accent Marks and DiacriticsRomance LanguagesLatinItalianRomanianFrenchPortugueseSpanishGermanic LanguagesEnglishGermanTwo Notes on Visual ImpressionsNote on Names, Letters, and ImmigrationVoicing RepriseDutch and FlemishScandinavian (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish)Slavic and Baltic LanguagesOn Language, Religion, and AlphabetPolishThe Hacek Languages(Czech, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian; Lithuanian, Latvian)Russian-Ukrainian-BulgarianA Guide to Russian Last and Middle NamesFinno-Ugric and Other European LanguagesFinnish, Estonian, HungarianFrom the Ends of EuropeAlbanian, GreekTurkish, Welsh, IrishEast Asian LanguagesJapanese and KoreanJapanese Stress and Vowel SkippingChineseCODADiacritic ReviewLetter-to-Sound ReviewSouth-to-Letter ReviewThe Palatal ChallengeFinale. Annotated BibliographyI. Names but no phoneticsII. Names and phoneticsIII. General Transcription, Phonetics for Singers, etc.Indexes

ROBERT A. FRADKIN, Assistant Professor of Hebrew at the University of Maryland, College Park, has also taught Russian and general linguistics. He is author of Stalking the Wild Verb Phrase as well as scholarly articles in his academic fields.

• PreludeA Tribute to WFOS-FMOther AcknowledgmentsOvertureWhy This Guide?The Old "Native vs. Anglicized" ControversyCaveat DictorStructure of the BookSuggestions for Using The BookLimitationsMovement 1. Transcription and Other BasicsTranscription ConventionsLetter vs. SoundOptions and AlternativesWhich Phonetic Transcription?Is the Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty?Sound SymbolsVowelsConsonantsHow to Read the ListsOn Alphabetical OrderWhat's in a Name?People and PlacesOf Firsts and LastsLanguage, Ethnicity, Religion, and PoliticsMore on Slash DesignationsMovement 2. Alphabetical ListMovement 3. List By LanguageArmenianBulgarianChineseCzech and the Hacek Languages(Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, Slovenia, Lithuanian, Latvian)Note on Last NamesDutch and FlemishEnglishFinnish and EstonianFrenchGerman GreekHungarianItalianJapaneseKoreanLatin PolishNote on Polish Last NamesPortugueseRomanianRussian and UkrainianScandinavian (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish)SpanishFive Interludes For Tongue and LarynxInterlude 1. The Voicing PrincipleTwo Kinds of ConsonantsInterlude 2. Consonants on Paper and in the MouthSome Terminology for Types of SoundsSo-called Hard and Soft ConsonantsFlap, Catch, ShiftDoubles and Dub BullsConsonant Cluster RepriseInterlude 3. Vowels in "General European" vs. EnglishVowels in the MouthOther Vowel SoundsOf Diphthongs and Digraphs"Long" and "Short""Broad" and "Flat"ShwaInterlude 4. Stress ManagementInterlude 5. Hints on Reading Key SignaturesMovement 4. Letter and Sound in the Languages of Europe and East AsiaGeneral Remark on Accent Marks and DiacriticsRomance LanguagesLatinItalianRomanianFrenchPortugueseSpanishGermanic LanguagesEnglishGermanTwo Notes on Visual ImpressionsNote on Names, Letters, and ImmigrationVoicing RepriseDutch and FlemishScandinavian (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish)Slavic and Baltic LanguagesOn Language, Religion, and AlphabetPolishThe Hacek Languages(Czech, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian; Lithuanian, Latvian)Russian-Ukrainian-BulgarianA Guide to Russian Last and Middle NamesFinno-Ugric and Other European LanguagesFinnish, Estonian, HungarianFrom the Ends of EuropeAlbanian, GreekTurkish, Welsh, IrishEast Asian LanguagesJapanese and KoreanJapanese Stress and Vowel SkippingChineseCODADiacritic ReviewLetter-to-Sound ReviewSouth-to-Letter ReviewThe Palatal ChallengeFinale. Annotated BibliographyI. Names but no phoneticsII. Names and phoneticsIII. General Transcription, Phonetics for Singers, etc.Indexes