Calvert's Descriptive Phonetics

by Garn-nunn, Pamela G.; Lynn, James M.

• ISBN13: 9781588900197
• ISBN10: 1588900193
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Thieme Medical Pub

Summary

This highly popular book, designed for undergraduate programs in phonetics, is now available in a revised and updated third edition! The authors, all accomplished professors of hearing and speech sciences, have made the text more reader-friendly and added valuable real-world examples based on their own clinical experience. The accompanying workbook includes numerous listening and transcription exercises as well as a useful CD-ROM for developing listening skills.Ideal for either a one- or two-semester course, the text covers: basic consonant and vowel transcription; narrow transcription; suprasegmental features; dialect variations; and more. Every chapter has been completely rewritten to provide the most current information possible. Plus, you'll find highlighted new terms, a valuable glossary, and helpful review and practice questions in each chapter.Here is the text that gives students, pathologists, ESL instructors, drama coaches, and other related specialists a complete understanding of American English phonetics. Together with its companion, Descriptive Phonetics Workbook and CD-ROM, this book is essential for those who need up-to-the-minute knowledge of phonetics and IPA (international phonetic alphabet) transcription.

Author Biography

Pamela G. Garn-Nunn, Ph.D., is a Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator in the School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio James M. Lynn, Ph.D., is Professor of Audiology and Associate Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

Table of Contents

Preface	vi
Foreword to the Instructor	vii
Introduction	1	(10)
The Speech Production Mechanism and Processes	11	(15)
Overview: Vowels and Consonants	26	(5)
Vowels and Diphthongs	31	(27)
Consonants	58	(33)
Connected Speech: Segmental and Suprasegmental Effects	91	(23)
Acoustic Phonetics	114	(19)
Multicultural Variations: Dialects	133	(11)
Applied Phonetics	144	(7)
References	151	(3)
Answers to Chapter Exercises	154