An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology - Hardcover

Clark, John; Yallop, Colin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0631161813 ISBN 13: 9780631161813

Publisher: Blackwell Pub, 1990

Synopsis

Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, this book provides an introductory account of topics covered in courses in phonology and phonetics. It gives attention to the fundamental of speech production as well as to phonological description and analysis. The early chapters describe the organs of speech, survey the wide variety of speech sounds that can be found in the world's languages, and explain basic principles of phonological organization. A separate chapter is devoted to the generative approach to phonology, and another to the acoustics of speech production, providing information that will prove useful as reference material. The phenomena of stress, tone and intonation are dealt with in a chapter on prosody, and several descriptive systems of speech components or features are also summarized and reviewed. The final chapter draws the book together by looking back over the theoretical issues that have been raised and by giving a historical survey of ways of thinking and talking about speech.

About this title

Book Description:

A superlative introduction to phonetics and phonology, this fully revised third edition is a singularly comprehensive text that familiarizes the reader with detailed knowledge of articulatory and acoustic phonetics, as well as the foundations of phonological analysis. The new edition features a number of valuable changes, incorporating 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 a section on constraint-based theories, such as Optimality Theory; and sections on L1 and L2 acquisition, and sociolectal variation. By integrating new findings and theories as well as updating references, the third edition of An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology offers readers the most thorough and complete knowledge of the subject to date.

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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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Blackwell Pub
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0631161813
• ISBN 13: 9780631161813
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400