Experimental Phonetics - An Introduction

Traditionally, investigations into speech and pronounciation have relied on the unaided skills of the phonetician in recognising and reproducing speech sounds. But many practicioners are now using instruments to gain a greater understanding of speech and to be able to analyse speech patterns in situations when speaking and hearing would otherwise be inaccessible without the use of these instruments. This new book looks at how this form of investigation has developed, and considers the types of data that can be used and which questions can be solved using experimental phonetics.

List of contents

1. Introduction:  impressionistic phonetics and experimental phonetics 2. The nature of sound 3. Analysing sound: the spectograph 4. The acoustics of speech production 5. Perception and hearing 6. The acoustic description of vowels 7. The acoustic description of consonants 8. Speech production Appendix: An overview of impressionistic-phonetic classification BibliographyIndex

About the author

Katrina Hayward

Summary

Written for postgraduates and professionals working in linguistics and phonetics, Katrina Hayward's study provides an introduction to the methods and applications of experimental phonetics: the study of speech by means of instrumentation.

Product details

• Authors: Katrina Hayward
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.05.2000
• EAN: 9780582291379
• ISBN: 978-0-582-29137-9
• No. of pages: 314
• Weight: 521 g
• Illustrations: Farb., s/w. Abb.
• Series: Longman Linguistics Library; Longman Linguistics Library
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics