TY - BOOK AU - Ladefoged, Peter. AU - Sandra Ferrari Disner TI - Vowels and consonants SN - 9781444334296 AV - P 221 .L24 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Singapore PB - Wiley Blackwell KW - ENGLISH LANGUAGES N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -