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J. Sethi and P. V. Dhamija’s A Course in Phonetics and Spoken English, published by Phi Learning Private Ltd., is a comprehensive book for graduation and post-graduation students of various universities of India. This book has new chapters for topics like Assimilation, Tones in relation to Attitudes, Rules of Word Accentuation and Pronunciation. Descriptions of Phonetics and Phonology are also included along with a large number of conversational passages in phonetic scripts. Other chapters discussed in the book are The Organs of Speech, The Description and Classification of Speech Sounds, Consonants and Vowels, Phonetic Transcription, The Phoneme, The Syllable, Various Accents of English, Word Accent, Accent and Rhythm in Connected Speech, Assimilation and Intonation. About Phi Learning Private Ltd. Phi Learning Private Ltd. was founded in the year 1963 and has been one of the leading publishing houses of textbooks and academic books in India ever since. They have been publishing books in the areas of study of Engineering, Sciences, and Management, Computer Science, Social Sciences and Humanities among many other subjects. Their books are widely read and used not only by students but also teachers and professionals in various fields. They develop and publish books by choosing the most elite academicians from various backgrounds as authors, including the IITs and IIMs and other famous educational institutions. Some of the books published by Phi Learning Private Ltd. are Object-Oriented Programming, Veterinary and Animal Science, Internet Security and Acceleration, Human Resource Information and Metallurgy and Materials Engineering.