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Informationen zum Autor Peter Ladefoged (1925-2006) was Research Phonetician and Professor of Phonetics Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles, and was Director of the UCLA Phonetics Laboratory from 1962 to 1991 and was president of the Linguistic Society of America. He is the author of numerous books, including The Sounds of the World's Languages (with I. Maddieson, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996), Phonetic Data Analysis (Wiley-Blackwell, 2004), and A Course in Phonetics, Sixth Edition (with Keith Johnson, 2010). Sandra Ferrari Disner teaches general and forensic linguistics at the University of Southern California. She has over 25 years of experience in speech technology, having developed commercial text-to-speech and speech-recognition systems in five languages, as well as the world's first talking video games. Klappentext This popular and accessible introduction to phonetics has been fully updated for its third edition, and now includes an accompanying website with sound files, and expanded coverage of topics such as speech technology.* Describes how languages use a variety of different sounds, many of them quite unlike any that occur in well-known languages* Written by the late Peter Ladefoged, one of the world's leading phoneticians, with updates by renowned forensic linguist, Sandra Ferrari Disner* Includes numerous revisions to the discussion of speech technology and additional updates throughout the book* Explores the acoustic, articulatory, and perceptual components of speech, demonstrates speech synthesis, and explains how speech recognition systems work* Will be supported by a forthcoming accompanying website featuring additional data and recordings of the sounds of a wide variety of languages, to reinforce learning and bring the descriptions to life Zusammenfassung This popular and accessible introduction to phonetics has been fully updated for its third edition and now includes an accompanying website. While maintaining Peter Ladefoged's expert writing and knowledge of sounds in language, Sandy Disner brings essential updates on topics such as speech technology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Web ContentAuthor's Preface from First EditionPreface to the Third EditionAcknowledgements from the Previous EditinosThe International Phonetic Alphabet1. Sounds and Languages2. Pitch and Loudness3. Vowel Contrasts4. The Sounds of Vowels5. Charting Vowels6. The Sounds of Consonants7. Acoustic Components of Speech8. Talking Computers9. Listening Computers10. How We Listen to Speech11. Making English Consonants12. Making English Vowels13. Actions of the Larynx14. Consonants Around the World15. Vowels Around the World16. Putting Vowels and Consonants TogetherGlossaryFurther ReadingIndex...
List of contents
Table of Web Content
Author's Preface from First Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
Acknowledgements from the Previous Editinos
The International Phonetic Alphabet
1. Sounds and Languages
2. Pitch and Loudness
3. Vowel Contrasts
4. The Sounds of Vowels
5. Charting Vowels
6. The Sounds of Consonants
7. Acoustic Components of Speech
8. Talking Computers
9. Listening Computers
10. How We Listen to Speech
11. Making English Consonants
12. Making English Vowels
13. Actions of the Larynx
14. Consonants Around the World
15. Vowels Around the World
16. Putting Vowels and Consonants Together
Glossary
Further Reading
Index
Report
"The book is of interest to teachers and would help to develop readers perception of speech production and their competence in spoken English. It is a must have book that adds richness and knowledge to individuals and libraries." ( Linguist , 31 October 2012)
