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A Practical Introduction to Phonetics

A Practical Introduction to Phonetics

Paperback

Series: Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics

Linguistics

ISBN10: 0199246351
ISBN13: 9780199246359
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jan 17 2002
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
Now in a new edition, this unique interactive introduction to the study of phonetics shows students how to examine the entire range of human sounds through a series of 124 introspective experiments carried out in their own vocal tracts. It systematically covers all types of speech modification (breath, voice, whisper, creak), articulation (the ways in which the air stream is finally modulated to generate specific types of sound), and prosodic features (stress, syllable, tone, intonation). This text also includes a chapter on sound systems--the ways in which particular languages utilize and systematize the universal sound-producing potential of humans. By actually articulating sounds and attending to the motor sensations they produce, readers acquire a deep, personal awareness of the principles of phonetic analysis and classification.

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