John Clark, Colin Yallop, Janet Fletcher

An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offers a comprehensive introduction to phonetics and phonology that assumes no prior knowledge of the subject.

Exceptionally thorough, including detailed attention to articulatory and acoustic phonetics as well as to the foundations of phonological analysis.

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This fully revised third edition integrates updated references, new findings, and modern theories, to present readers with the most thorough and complete introduction to phonetics and phonology.

Exceptionally thorough, including detailed attention to articulatory and acoustic phonetics as well as to the foundations of phonological analysis
Features a number of valuable changes, incorporating new material on the latest findings in speech production studies; greater coverage of prosody, including a major section on autosegmental metrical models; expanded coverage of phonology, including Optimality Theory; and sections on L1 and L2 acquisition, and sociolectal variation
Integrates new findings, theories references throughout, offering students the most thorough and complete knowledge of the subject to date
Includes 125 figures throughout

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics
• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A405130830
• 3. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 870g
• ISBN-13: 9781405130837
• ISBN-10: 1405130830
• Artikelnr.: 20898205

Autorenporträt

Michael L. Clark is the author of The Shimmering Trilogy. This series allows the reader to explore what it might be like to live on the Natchez Trail in the early 1800s. His first two books: The Shimmering and The Diary of Gus Childers left his readers begging for more.A long-time resident of Middle Tennessee, he spends much of his free time exploring historical places throughout the Southeastern part of the country. With each journey, he discovers new intriguing material to research for upcoming books. Clark has recently retired from the United States Postal Service which allows him more time for writing and researching his next projects.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction. 2. Segmental Articulation. 3. Units of Speech. 4. The
Phonemic Organization of Speech. 5. The Generative Approach to Phonology.
6. The Anatomy and Physiology of Speech Production. 7. The Acoustics of
Speech Production. 8. Speech Perception. 9. Prosody. 10. Feature Systems.
11. The Progress of Phonology. Appendix 1: Phonetic Symbols. Appendix 2:
Features.

Rezensionen

"A key general-reference text, which assumes no prior knowledge. In this edition, emphasis is placed on acoustic phonetics and phonological analysis, and it incorporates new material on developments in speech production studies, prosody, optimality theory in phonology, L1 and L2 acquisition and sociolectal variation." Times Higher Education Supplement

"The third edition of An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology is a welcome update to an introductory volume which for many years has informed and challenged students in equal measures, and will clearly continue to do so."
Gerry Docherty, University of Newcastle upon Tyne