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Phonetics: Transcription, Production, Acoustics, and Perception

ISBN: 978-1-444-35854-4

September 2011

Wiley-Blackwell

336 pages

Description
Companion website, featuring additional resources such as sound files, can be found here: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/phonetics/

Providing a comprehensive overview of the four primary areas of phonetics, Phonetics: Transcription, Production, Acoustics, and Perception is an ideal guide to the complete study of speech and sound.

  • An accessible but in-depth introductory textbook on the basic concepts of phonetics
  • Covers all four areas of phonetics: transcription, production, acoustics, and perception
  • Offers uniquely thorough coverage of related relevant areas, including vocal fold vibration and the working of the ear, creating an engagingly flexible work for instructors
  • Includes chapter-by-chapter exercises, enabling students to put their knowledge into practice
  • Written in a clear and concise style by two of the field’s leading scholars
About the Author
Henning Reetz is a Professor at the Institute for Phonetics and Phonology at the University of Frankfurt, Germany.

Allard Jongman is a Professor in the Linguistics Department of the University of Kansas, and Co-Director of the University of Kansas Phonetics and Psycholinguistics Laboratory (KUPPL). Dr Jongman has published extensively on acoustic and auditory phonetics in a variety of languages.

Features

  • Provides an accessible but in-depth introductory textbook on the basic concepts of phonetics
  • Covers all four areas of phonetics: transcription, production, acoustics, and perception
  • Offers uniquely thorough coverage of related relevant areas, including vocal fold vibration and the working of the ear, creating an engagingly flexible work for instructors
  • Includes chapter-by-chapter exercises, enabling students to put their knowledge into practice
  • Written in a clear and concise style by two of the field’s leading scholars
  • Accompanied by a companion website at www.blackwellpublishing.com/phonetics (available on publication), featuring additional resources such as sound files.