Fundamentals of Phonetics A Practical Guide for Students

Name: Fundamentals of Phonetics A Practical Guide for Students
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ISBN: 9780205273317

ISBN-10: 0205273319

ISBN-13: 9780205273317

Edition: 1999

Authors: Larry H. Small

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Fundamentals of Phonetics is a total learning package designed to help instructors provide their students with the most current topics and theories related to phonetics and phonetic transcription. The focus is on learning the skills necessary for expert phonetic transcription of individuals with disordered speech. In addition, this book emphasizes issues tied to linguistic phonetics with an introduction to clinical phonetics, and to issues involving dialectal variation of speech, a topic missing (or dated) in most texts. Without auditory examples, it is difficult for the instructor to describe and explain dialects; and difficult for the students to understand several topics associated with…

Book details

List price: $85.20
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/12/1998
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 360
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English



Most chapters conclude with Review Exercises, Study Questions, and Assignments



Phonetics: A Sound Science


Variation in Phonetic Practice



The Phonetic Representation of English


The Difference between Spelling and Sound


Morphemes


Phonemes


Distinctive Features


Allophones: Members of a Phoneme Family


Systematic versus Impressionistic Transcription


Syllables


Word Stress



Anatomy of the Speech Mechanism


The Respiratory System and Respiration


The Laryngeal System and Phonation


The Supralaryngeal System and Articulation


The Vocal Tract and Resonance



Vowel Transcription


What Is a Vowel?


The English Vowels



Consonant Transcription


What Is a Consonant?


Vowels versus Consonants


Manner, Place, and Voicing


The English Consonants



Connected Speech


Assimilation


The Suprasegmental Aspects of Speech



Clinical Phonetics


Overview of the Clinical Process


Typical Phonological Development


Phonological Processes


Children with Phonological Disorders


Allophonic Transcription of Speech


Placement of Diacritics in Transcription


The extIPA


Suggestions for Transcription



Dialectial Variation


Regional Dialects


Southern American English


Eastern American English


Social and Ethnic Dialects


African American Vernacular English


Learning English as a Second Language


Spanish-Influenced English


Asian/Pacific-Influenced English


References


Answers to Questions


Glossary


Index