Sounds of the World's Languages

Name: Sounds of the World's Languages
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ISBN: 9780631198154

ISBN-10: 0631198156

ISBN-13: 9780631198154

Edition: 1996

Authors: Peter Ladefoged, Ian Maddieson

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This book gives a description of all the known ways in which the sounds of the world's languages differ. In doing so, it provides the empirical foundations for linguistic phonetics and phonology. Encapsulating the work of two leading figures in the field, it will be a standard work of reference for researchers in phonetics and linguistics for many years to come. The scope of the book is truly global, with data drawn from nearly 400 languages, many of them investigated at first hand by the authors. A picture of the full range of possible contrasting phonetic categories is created by comparing families of similar sounds across many different languages. Separate chapters deal with place of…

Book details

List price: $93.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/5/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.78" wide x 9.72" long x 1.05" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



Introduction



The Sounds of the World's Languages



Places of Articulation



Stops



Nasals and Nasalized Consonants



Fricatives



Laterals



Rhotics



Clicks



Vowels



Multiple Articulatory Gestures


References