Fundamentals of Phonetics : A Practical Guide for Students

by Various

• ISBN13: 9780205309719
• ISBN10: 0205309712
• Format: Package
• Publisher: Pearson (Manual)

Summary

Phonetics is an auditory-based skill that can only be acquired through listening and pronouncing. So one may wonder whether learning about phonetics from a book is the most effective way to understand it. This is what makes Small's Fundamentals of Phonetics unique -- it is not just a book, but an entire learning package, offering a CD-ROM and audio cassettes which enhance and enliven phonetic understanding for all readers. A refreshingly unique and thorough book, offering a practice-based approach. The focus of this book 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 issues involving dialectal variation of speech. Each chapter is followed by an abundance of exercises that help readers apply the material presented. Without auditory examples, it is difficult for readers to develop first-hand recognition experience with dialects, word stress, and production of certain speech sounds. The CD-ROM, included with the book, and the supplemental audio cassette tapes, enable readers to listen to examples and absorb additional information. Phonics specialists, linguists, speech pathologists, and instructors and researchers in these fields.

Table of Contents

Most chapters conclude with Review Exercises, Study Questions, and Assignments

Phonetics: A Sound Science

Variation in Phonetic Practice

The Phonetic Representation of English

The Difference between Spelling and Sound

Morphemes

Phonemes

Distinctive Features

Allophones: Members of a Phoneme Family

Systematic versus Impressionistic Transcription

Syllables

Word Stress

Anatomy of the Speech Mechanism

The Respiratory System and Respiration

The Laryngeal System and Phonation

The Supralaryngeal System and Articulation

The Vocal Tract and Resonance

Vowel Transcription

What Is a Vowel?

The English Vowels

Consonant Transcription

What Is a Consonant?

Vowels versus Consonants

Manner, Place, and Voicing

The English Consonants

Connected Speech

Assimilation

The Suprasegmental Aspects of Speech

Clinical Phonetics

Overview of the Clinical Process

Typical Phonological Development

Phonological Processes

Children with Phonological Disorders

Allophonic Transcription of Speech

Placement of Diacritics in Transcription

The extIPA

Suggestions for Transcription

Dialectial Variation

Regional Dialects

Southern American English

Eastern American English

Social and Ethnic Dialects

African American Vernacular English

Learning English as a Second Language

Spanish-Influenced English

Asian/Pacific-Influenced English

References

Answers to Questions

Glossary

Index

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