An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology, 3rd Edition: 9 (Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics) - Softcover

Clark, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405130830 ISBN 13: 9781405130837

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006

Synopsis

This fully revised third edition integrates updated references, new findings, and modern theories, to present readers with the most thorough and complete introduction to phonetics and phonology.

• Exceptionally thorough, including detailed attention to articulatory and acoustic phonetics as well as to the foundations of phonological analysis
• Features a number of valuable changes, incorporating new material on the latest findings in speech production studies; greater coverage of prosody, including a major section on autosegmental metrical models; expanded coverage of phonology, including Optimality Theory; and sections on L1 and L2 acquisition, and sociolectal variation
• Integrates new findings, theories references throughout, offering students the most thorough and complete knowledge of the subject to date
• Includes 125 figures throughout

About this title

About the Author

John Clark is Professor Emeritus at the University of Western Sydney and Adjunct Professor at Macquarie University.

Colin Yallop is Adjunct Professor in English at Macquarie University, an Honorary Fellow in the School of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Melbourne, and Chief Editor of the Macquarie Dictionary.

Janet Fletcher is Associate Professor in the School of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Melbourne.

From the Back Cover

Now available in a fully revised third edition, this comprehensive introduction to phonetics and phonology familiarizes the reader with detailed knowledge of articulatory and acoustic phonetics as well as the foundations of phonological analysis. Featuring numerous figures throughout, it assumes no prior knowledge of the subject.

The new edition contains a number of valuable changes, including:

• Updated chapters on the anatomy, physiology, and acoustics of speech production, which include recent research findings
• A thorough revision of the chapter on speech perception
• An expanded chapter on prosody, including a major section on autosegmental-metrical models of intonation
• Additional material on theoretical phonology, including a new section on constraint-based theories, including Optimality Theory

Integrating new findings, theories, and references, the third edition of An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology is the most thorough and complete resource on the subject to date.

The new edition contains a number of valuable changes, including:

• Updated chapters on the anatomy, physiology, and acoustics of speech production, which include recent research findings
• A thorough revision of the chapter on speech perception
• An expanded chapter on prosody, including a major section on autosegmental-metrical models of intonation
• Additional material on theoretical phonology, including a new section on constraint-based theories, including Optimality Theory

Integrating new findings, theories, and references, the third edition of An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology is the most thorough and complete resource on the subject to date.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405130830
• ISBN 13: 9781405130837
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 504