Ian R A MacKay

Phonetics and Speech Science

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"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"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 458
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 170mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 1043g
• ISBN-13: 9781108427869
• ISBN-10: 1108427863
• Artikelnr.: 67288948

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.