Calvert's Descriptive Phonetics: Introduction and Transcription Workbook - Softcover

Pamela G. Garn-Nunn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1604066512 ISBN 13: 9781604066517

Publisher: Thieme, 2014

Synopsis

A revised edition of a classic introductory phonetics guide and workbook

For years both students and instructors have found that the key to mastering phonetics is careful listening and extensive transcription practice. This new edition combines Calvert's descriptive phonetics text and Calvert's workbook into one updated, user-friendly guide to phonetics and transcription. The book contains a wealth of phonetics exercises as well as online access to additional material for practice outside the classroom.

Key Features:

• Includes the most up-to-date information on dialect and applied phonetics
• Concept questions at the end of each chapter help students integrate previously learned and new material
• Extensive listening exercises facilitate mastery of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
• Phonetic transcription drills give students practice in both listening and transcription

This book is an excellent study tool and clinical review of basic phonetics for all students in speech language pathology and audiology.

About this title

About the Author

Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator, School of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology; University of Akron, Akron, OH

From the Back Cover

For years both students and instructors have found that the key to mastering phonetics is careful listening and extensive transcription practice. This new edition combines Calvert's descriptive phonetics text and Calvert's workbook into one updated, user-friendly guide to phonetics and transcription. The book contains a wealth of phonetics exercises as well as online access to additional material for practice outside the classroom.

Key Features: Includes the most up-to-date information on dialect and applied phoneticsConcept questions at the end of each chapter help students integrate previously learned and new materialExtensive listening exercises facilitate mastery of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)Phonetic transcription drills give students practice in both listening and transcription

This book is an excellent study tool and clinical review of basic phonetics for all students in speech language pathology and audiology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thieme
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1604066512
• ISBN 13: 9781604066517
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 240