Phonetics and speech science / Ian R.A. MacKay.

By: MacKay, Ian R. A [author.]
Language: English Publisher: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2023]Copyright date: © 2023Description: xix, 456 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781108427869; 9781108452038Subject(s): Phonetics -- Textbooks | Speech -- TextbooksGenre/Form: Textbooks.DDC classification: 414/.8 LOC classification: P221 | .M234 2023
Contents:
Phonetics and language -- Phonetic transcription -- Anatomy and physiology of speech -- Air pressure and aerodynamics -- Consonants -- Vowels -- Sounds of North American English -- Voice, phonation, and nasality -- Airstream mechanisms: clicks, implosives, ejectives, esophageal speech -- Speech dynamics -- Suprasegmentals -- Acoustics -- Interlocutors: talkers and hearers.
Summary: "Written in a clear, approachable way, this textbook provides an introduction to the science of phonetics: how speech sounds are produced, how we classify them, and how they are processed to allow the rapid transmission of language-based messages. Comprehensive yet accessible, it is ideal for a beginner to the field"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Phonetics and language -- Phonetic transcription -- Anatomy and physiology of speech -- Air pressure and aerodynamics -- Consonants -- Vowels -- Sounds of North American English -- Voice, phonation, and nasality -- Airstream mechanisms: clicks, implosives, ejectives, esophageal speech -- Speech dynamics -- Suprasegmentals -- Acoustics -- Interlocutors: talkers and hearers.

"Written in a clear, approachable way, this textbook provides an introduction to the science of phonetics: how speech sounds are produced, how we classify them, and how they are processed to allow the rapid transmission of language-based messages. Comprehensive yet accessible, it is ideal for a beginner to the field"-- Provided by publisher.

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