Vowels and consonants /
Peter Ladefoged
- Third Edition
- Singapore : Wiley Blackwell, c2012
- xvii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter1. Sounds and languages -- Chapter2. Pitch and loudness -- Chapter3. Vowel contrasts -- Chapter4. The sounds of vowels -- Chapter5. Charting vowels -- Chapter6. The sounds of consonants -- Chapter7. Acoustic components of speech -- Chapter8. Talking computers -- Chapter9. Listening Computers -- Chapter10. How we listen to speech -- Chapter11. Making English consonants -- Chapter12. Making English vowels -- Chapter13. Actions of the larynx -- Chapter14. Consonants around the world -- Chapter15. Vowels around the world -- Chapter16. Putting vowels and consonants together
This popular and accessible introduction to phonetics has been fully updated for its third edition and now includes an accompanying website. While maintaining Peter Ladefoged's expert writing and knowledge of sounds in language, Sandy Disner brings essential updates on topics such as speech technology