Ian R. A. MacKay

Phonetics and Speech Science (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Phonetics is a fundamental building block not just in linguistics but also in fields such as communication disorders. However, introductions to phonetics can often assume a background in linguistics, whilst at the same time overlooking the clinical and scientific aspects of the field. This textbook fills this gap by providing a comprehensive yet accessible overview of phonetics that delves into the fundamental science underlying the production of speech. Written with beginners in mind, it focuses on the anatomy and physiology of speech, while at the same time explaining the very basics of phonetics, such as the phonemes of English, the International Phonetic Alphabet, and phonetic transcription systems. It presents the sounds of speech as elements of linguistic structure and as the result of complex biological mechanics. It explains complicated terminology in a clear, easy-to-understand way, and provides examples from a range of languages, from disorders of speech, and from language learning.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108694339
• Artikelnr.: 68951774

Autorenporträt

Ian R. A. MacKay is retired professor of linguistics at the University of Ottawa. He has taught phonetics and speech science for forty-five years to students of linguistics, speech-language pathology, and audiology.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgments
1. Phonetics and language
2. Phonetic transcription
3. Anatomy and physiology of speech
4. Air pressure and aerodynamics
5. Consonants
6. Vowels
7. Sounds of North American English
8. Voice, phonation, and nasality
9. Airstream mechanisms: clicks, implosives, ejectives, esophageal speech
10. Speech dynamics
11. Suprasegmentals
12. Acoustics
13. Interlocutors: talkers and hearers
Glossary
References
Index.