An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology: 9 (Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics) - Softcover

Clark, John; Yallop, Colin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631194525 ISBN 13: 9780631194521

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1995

Synopsis

Asssuming no prior knowledge of the subject, this book offers a thorough introduction to phonetics and phonology. It is unusually comprehensive, including detailed attention to articulatory and acoustic phonetics as well as to the foundations of phonological analysis.

The second edition of this hughly successful textbook incorporates several improvements: a completely new chapter on speech perception has been added, the material on anaotomy and physiology has been rearranged and much of the detail placed later in the book to make it less demanding on readers, and the entire text has been edited to help bring it up to date.

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"Informative, interesting and well written... an excellent general reference for students and scholars at a variety of levels." Language

Synopsis:

Asssuming no prior knowledge of the subject, this book offers a thorough introduction to phonetics and phonology. It is unusually comprehensive, including detailed attention to articulatory and acoustic phonetics as well as to the foundations of phonological analysis.The second edition incorporates several improvements: a completely new chapter on speech perception has been added, the material on anaotomy and physiology has been rearranged and much of the detail placed later in the book to make it less demanding on readers, and the entire text has been edited to help bring it up to date.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0631194525
• ISBN 13: 9780631194521
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 488