Speech Sounds 2nd Edition (Language Workbooks)

✍ Scribed by Patricia Ashby

• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 132
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Speech Sounds: * helps develop the fundamental skills of the phonetician * investigates the various aspects involved in the production of speech sounds * uses data-based material to reinforce each new concept * includes examples from a wide range of languages * provides dozens of exercises with solutions and cross-references * can complement existing course or textbook material. The second edition of Speech Sounds has been revised and updated throughout and includes new examples and exercises, a new appendix giving information on career prospects; and a fully updated further reading section.

✦ Table of Contents

BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 7
USING THIS BOOK......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 10
1 SPOKEN AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE......Page 12
2 CONSONANT AND VOWEL SOUNDS......Page 19
3 CONSONANTS: THE ROLE OF THE LARYNX......Page 29
4 MORE ABOUT VOWELS......Page 36
5 THE ORGANS OF SPEECH AND PLACE OF ARTICULATION......Page 45
6 MANNER OF ARTICULATION AND AIRSTREAM MECHANISMS......Page 56
7 CONSONANT DESCRIPTION AND VOICE–PLACE–MANNER LABELS......Page 67
8 THE INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET......Page 75
9 MORE ABOUT CONSONANT VARIATION......Page 83
10 YET MORE ABOUT CONSONANTS: SECONDARY ARTICULATIONS......Page 92
APPENDIX:WORKING WITH PHONETICS......Page 100
FURTHER READING......Page 105
ANSWERS TO EXERCISES......Page 109
INDEX......Page 129