I-XII -- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- Chapter One: Speech Sounds and Their Tasks -- Chapter Two: Quest for the Ultimate Constituents -- Chapter Three: The Network of Distinctive Features -- Chapter Four: The Spell of Speech Sounds -- AFTERWORD -- APPENDIX ONE: The Role of Phonic Elements in Speech Perception -- APPENDIX TWO: On the Sound Shape of Language: Mediacy and Immediacy by Linda R. Waugh -- REFERENCES -- INDEX OF NAMES -- INDEX OF LANGUAGES -- INDEX OF TOPICS DISCUSSED