Fundamentals of Phonetics
A Practical Guide for Students (with FREE Audio CD)
Published on 24. June 1999
Book
Mixed media product
360 pages
978-0-205-27331-7 (ISBN)
Description
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 speech production - such as word stress and production of certain speech sounds. With that in mind, Fundamentals of Phonics includes a free audio CD that allows students to listen to examples, oral discussions, and several review exercises from the text. A CD icon alerts students to listen to the CD while completing these specific exercises.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 278 mm
Width: 211 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
1009 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-205-27331-7 (9780205273317)
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Content
Most chapters conclude with "Review Exercises," "Study Questions," and "Assignments."
1.Phonetics: A "Sound" Science.
Variation in Phonetic Practice.
2.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.
3.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.
4.Vowel Transcription.
What Is a Vowel?
The English Vowels.
5.Consonant Transcription.
What Is a Consonant?
Vowels versus Consonants.
Manner, Place, and Voicing.
The English Consonants.
6.Connected Speech.
Assimilation.
The Suprasegmental Aspects of Speech.
7.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.
8.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.
1.Phonetics: A "Sound" Science.
Variation in Phonetic Practice.
2.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.
3.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.
4.Vowel Transcription.
What Is a Vowel?
The English Vowels.
5.Consonant Transcription.
What Is a Consonant?
Vowels versus Consonants.
Manner, Place, and Voicing.
The English Consonants.
6.Connected Speech.
Assimilation.
The Suprasegmental Aspects of Speech.
7.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.
8.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.