Preliminaries to Speech Analysis: The Distinctive Features and Their Correlates

Roman Jakobson/ C. Gunnar M. Fant/ Morris Halle

ISBN 10: 0262600013 / ISBN 13: 9780262600019

Published by Mit Pr, 1961

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72 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Preliminaries to Speech Analysis: The Distinctive Features and Their Correlates
• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Publication Date: 1961
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262600013
• ISBN 13: 9780262600019
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.13 kilograms

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Synopsis

This work attempts to describes the ultimate discrete components of language, their specific structure, and their articulatory, acoustic, and perceptual correlates, and surveys their utilization in the language of the world. First published in 1951, this edition contains an added paper on Tenseness and Laxness.

About the Authors

Roman Jakobson (1896–1982) was one of the greatest linguists of the twentieth century. Educated in Moscow and Prague, he taught at Masaryk University, Columbia University, Harvard University, and MIT. His many published works include Six Lectures on Sound and Meaning (MIT Press).

Morris Halle is Institute Professor and Professor of Linguistics Emeritus at MIT.