Descriptive Phonetics - Softcover

Calvert, Donald R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865774528 ISBN 13: 9780865774520

Publisher: Thieme Medical Pub, 1992

Synopsis

Presents features of American English speech for those who are preparing to be "modifiers" of the speech of others, such as speech/language pathologists, teachers of children with auditory disorders, instructors of English as a second language and coaches of dramatics and elocution.

About this title

Review

'An excellent resource...Covers all important aspects of phonetic transcription and acoustic phonetics...a valuable tool...CD-ROM is thorough and easy to use...The authors have taken a classic, well-respected text and updated it.' -- Doody's Book Reviews'My FAVORITE phonetics text...an excellent set of books that no speech-language pathology or audiology student should be without! All the hallmarks of a great text: straight and to the point presentation with outstanding organization...this is a text students will enjoy using during their education, and will continue to keep as a reference during their professional careers.'--Jillian Barrett, PhD, CCC-A, FAAA, Director of Audiology, Communicative Sciences & Disorders, California State University, Hayward, California

About the Author

Professor of Audiology and Associate Dean, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Akron, Akron, OH

Edition details

• Publisher: Thieme Medical Pub
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865774528
• ISBN 13: 9780865774520
• Binding: Paperback