A Course in Phonetics (with CD-ROM)

by Ladefoged, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781413006889
• ISBN10: 1413006884
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-24
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Master linguistics with A COURSE IN PHONETICS with accompanying CD-ROM! The hallmark text for the study of linguistics, A COURSE IN PHONETICS provides a broad overview of the branches of phonetics for students with no prior knowledge. Practicing what you have learned is easy with the CD-ROM that contains more than 4,000 audio files, including recordings of speech from southern and northern U.S. cities, London, Edinburgh, Dublin, New Zealand, other forms of English, and scores of other languages.

Table of Contents

Preface	viii
PART I: INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS
CHAPTER 1 ARTICULATION AND ACOUSTICS	1	(32)
Speech Production	1	(4)
Sound Waves	5	(2)
Places of Articulatory Gestures	7	(6)
The Oro-Nasal Process	13	(1)
Manners of Articulation	13	(4)
The Waveforms of Consonants	17	(1)
The Articulation of Vowel Sounds	18	(3)
The Sounds of Vowels	21	(1)
Suprasegmentals	22	(2)
Exercises	24	(9)
CHAPTER 2 PHONOLOGY AND PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION	33	(22)
The Transcription of Consonants	35	(3)
The Transcription of Vowels	38	(4)
Consonant and Vowel Charts	42	(3)
Phonology	45	(3)
Exercises	48	(4)
Performance Exercises	52	(3)
PART II: ENGLISH PHONETICS
CHAPTER 3 THE CONSONANTS OF ENGLISH	55	(28)
Stop Consonants	56	(8)
Fricatives	64	(2)
Affricates	66	(1)
Nasals	66	(1)
Approximants	67	(1)
Overlapping Gestures	68	(3)
Rules for English Consonant Allophones	71	(5)
Diacritics	76	(1)
Exercises	76	(5)
Performance Exercises	81	(2)
CHAPTER 4 ENGLISH VOWELS	83	(24)
Transcription and Phonetic Dictionaries	83	(2)
Vowel Quality	85	(9)
Unstressed Syllables	94	(1)
Tense and Lax Vowels	95	(3)
Rules for English Vowel Allophones	98	(2)
Exercises	100	(4)
Performance Exercises	104	(3)
CHAPTER 5 ENGLISH WORDS AND SENTENCES	107	(26)
Words in Connected Speech	107	(3)
Stress	110	(1)
Degrees of Stress	111	(4)
Sentence Stress	115	(1)
Intonation	116	(8)
Target Tones	124	(4)
Exercises	128	(3)
Performance Exercises	131	(2)
PART III: GENERAL PHONETICS
CHAPTER 6 AIRSTREAM MECHANISMS AND PHONATION TYPES	133	(26)
Airstream Mechanisms	133	(10)
States of the Glottis	143	(3)
Voice Onset Time	146	(5)
Summary of Actions of the Glottis	151	(1)
Exercises	152	(3)
Performance Exercises	155	(4)
CHAPTER 7 CONSONANTAL GESTURES	159	(22)
Articulatory Targets	159	(9)
Types of Articulatory Gestures	168	(7)
Summary of Manners of Articulation	175	(1)
Exercises	176	(2)
Performance Exercises	178	(3)
CHAPTER 8 ACOUSTIC PHONETICS	181	(30)
Formants	181	(3)
Acoustic Analysis	184	(7)
Acoustics of Consonants	191	(6)
Interpreting Spectrograms	197	(8)
Individual Differences	205	(3)
Exercises	208	(3)
CHAPTER 9 VOWELS AND VOWEL-LIKE ARTICULATIONS	211	(26)
Cardinal Vowels	211	(5)
Secondary Cardinal Vowels	216	(2)
Vowels in Other Accents of English	218	(3)
Vowels in Other Languages	221	(2)
Advanced Tongue Root (ATR)	223	(1)
Rhotacized Vowels	224	(2)
Nasalization	226	(1)
Summary of Vowel Quality	226	(1)
Semivowels	227	(2)
Secondary Articulatory Gestures	229	(2)
Exercises	231	(2)
Performance Exercises	233	(4)
CHAPTER 10 SYLLABLES AND SUPRASEGMENTAL FEATURES	237	(22)
Syllables	237	(6)
Stress	243	(1)
Length	244	(1)
Rhythm	245	(2)
Intonation and Tone	247	(6)
Stress, Tone, and Pitch Accent Languages	253	(1)
Exercises	254	(2)
Performance Exercises	256	(3)
CHAPTER 11 LINGUISTIC PHONETICS	259	(24)
Controlling Articulatory Movements	259	(2)
The Balance between Phonetic Forces	261	(3)
The International Phonetic Alphabet	264	(4)
Feature Hierarchy	268	(5)
Phonological Features	273	(3)
Performance Exercises	276	(7)
Further Reading	283	(4)
Additional Resources	287	(4)
Glossary	291	(6)
Sources	297	(6)
Index	303