Fundamentals of Phonetics : A Practical Guide for Students

by Small, Larry H.

• ISBN13: 9780205273317
• ISBN10: 0205273319
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

Fundamentals of Phonetics is a total learning package designed to help instructors provide their students with the most current topics and theories related to phonetics and phonetic transcription. The focus is on learning the skills necessary for expert phonetic transcription of individuals with disordered speech. In addition, this book emphasizes issues tied to linguistic phonetics with an introduction to clinical phonetics, and to issues involving dialectal variation of speech, a topic missing (or dated) in most texts. Without auditory examples, it is difficult for the instructor to describe and explain dialects; and difficult for the students to understand several topics associated with speech production such as word stress and production of certain speech sounds. With that in mind, Fundamentals of Phonics includes a free audio CD that allows students to listen to examples, oral discussions, and several review exercises from the text. A CD icon alerts students to listen to the CD while completing these specific exercises.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
1 Phonetics: A "Sound" Science	1	(6)
Variation in Phonetic Practice	4	(3)
2 The Phonetic Representation of English	7	(32)
The Difference between Spelling and Sound	7	(3)
Morphemes	10	(2)
Phonemes	12	(3)
Distinctive Features	15	(3)
Allophones: Members of a Phoneme Family	18	(1)
Systematic versus Impressionistic Transcription	19	(1)
Syllables	20	(6)
Word Stress	26	(5)
Review Exercises	31	(3)
Study Questions	34	(1)
Assignments	35	(4)
3 Anatomy of the Speech Mechanism	39	(12)
The Respiratory System and Respiration	39	(2)
The Laryngeal System and Phonation	41	(3)
The Supralaryngeal System and Articulation	44	(4)
The Vocal Tract and Resonance	48	(1)
Review Exercises	49	(1)
Study Questions	49	(2)
4 Vowel Transcription	51	(54)
What Is a Vowel?	51	(4)
The English Vowels	55	(39)
Review Exercises	94	(5)
Study Questions	99	(1)
Assignments	100	(5)
5 Consonant Transcription	105	(56)
What Is a Consonant?	105	(1)
Vowels versus Consonants	105	(3)
Manner, Place, and Voicing	108	(1)
The English Consonants	109	(39)
Review Exercises	148	(4)
Study Questions	152	(1)
Assignments	153	(8)
6 Connected Speech	161	(38)
Assimilation	162	(8)
The Suprasegmental Aspects of Speech	170	(16)
Review Exercises	186	(5)
Study Questions	191	(2)
Assignments	193	(6)
7 Clinical Phonetics	199	(48)
Overview of the Clinical Process	199	(3)
Typical Phonological Development	202	(3)
Phonological Processes	205	(11)
Children with Phonological Disorders	216	(2)
Allophonic Transcription of Speech	218	(11)
Placement of Diacritics in Transcription	229	(2)
The extIPA	231	(2)
Suggestions for Transcription	233	(2)
Review Exercises	235	(5)
Study Questions	240	(1)
Assignments	241	(6)
8 Dialectal Variation	247	(40)
Regional Dialects	249	(3)
Southern American English	252	(6)
Eastern American English	258	(4)
Social and Ethnic Dialects	262	(1)
African American Vernacular English	262	(5)
Learning English as a Second Language	267	(1)
Spanish-Influenced English	268	(3)
Asian / Pacific-Influenced English	271	(2)
Review Exercises	273	(9)
Study Questions	282	(1)
Assignments	283	(4)
References	287	(4)
Answers to Questions	291	(54)
Glossary	345	(11)
Index	356