Fundamentals of Phonetics: A Practical Guide for Students 4th Edition (eBook PDF) – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0133895726
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0133895728
• Author: Larry H. Small

Here is a clear, systematic introduction to the fundamentals of linguistic phonetics with a total learning package designed to help students become proficient in phonetics and phonetic transcription. Fundamentals of Phonetics by Larry Small provides speech and hearing students with a good understanding of phonetics principles through practice. The text uses in-text exercises and supplemental audio recordings to teach the practical skills necessary to successfully perform phonetic transcription of individuals using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Students learn about the transcription of consonants and vowels, connected speech, and individuals with speech sound disorders. A chapter on speech acoustics introduces spectrograms and the acoustic characteristics of speech sounds. Students also learn how to transcribe individuals who display regional and ethnic dialectal variation of speech, including those who have learned to speak English as a second language. Throughout the text are included chapter objectives, learning exercises, in-class and take-home assignments, online resources, and study questions that will help students learn, process, and practice the material presented in the text.
Table contents:

1. Phonetics: A “Sound” Science
2. Phonetic Transcription of English
3. Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism
4. Vowels
5. Consonants
6. Acoustic Characteristics of Vowels and Consonants
7. Connected Speech
8. Transcription of Speech Sound Disorders
9. Dialectal Variation

References
Answers to Questions
Appendix
Glossary
Index

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