A critical introduction to phonetics / Ken Lodge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lodge, K. R. (Ken R.), author.

Series:

Continuum critical introductions to linguistics.

Continuum critical introductions to linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Phonetics.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Phonology.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Continuum, [2009]

Summary:

A Critical Introduction to Phonetics presents core areas of the subject from refreshing new perspectives. It takes a new stance on the presentation of basic phonetic skills for students of linguistics. Using examples drawn from a wide-range of languages Ken Lodge introduces the key aspects of phonetics, examining the difference between speech and writing, the physiology of speech production, basic and detailed articulation, and acoustic phonetics. The book contains a practical guide to transcriptions from sound recordings, and a section on applications of phonetics to fields of study such as language variation and accent. A Critical Introduction to Phonetics provides comprehensive coverage of all the key areas of the subject, and contains chapter summaries to help the reader navigate the text. Critical thinking is prompted throughout, and this will therefore be essential reading for students on introductory phonetics courses both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1 Why Phonetics?""; ""2 Articulation""; ""3 The Articulators in Combination""; ""4 Transcription""; ""5 Segmentation""; ""6 Prosodic Features""; ""7 Continuous Speech""; ""8 Varieties of English""; ""9 Acoustic Phonetics""; ""Glossary of Phonetic Terms""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-238) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786612452222

9781282452220

1282452223

9781441195814

1441195815

OCLC:

560294119