Fundamentals of Phonetics

A Practical Guide for Students: International Edition

Larry H. Small (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

384 Seiten

2009 | 2nd edition
Pearson (Verlag)
978-0-205-78848-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The new edition of Small's Fundamentals of Phonetics offers a refreshingly unique and thorough practice-based approach to learning the skills necessary for expert phonetic transcription of individuals with disordered speech. Emphasis is placed on the issues tied to linguisitic phonetics with an introduction to clinical phonetics, and issues involving dialectal variation of speech. The available audio CD enables readers to listen to examples and absorb additional information. This new edition offers more transcription exercises with examples of children with disordered speech, Arabic Influenced English and Russian Influenced English.

Inhalt

Most chapters conclude with “Review Exercises,” “Study Questions, ” and “Assignments.”

1. Phonetics: A “Sound” Science. Variation in Phonetic Practice.


2. 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.



3. 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.



4. Vowel Transcription.


What Is a Vowel?



The English Vowels.



5. Consonant Transcription.


What Is a Consonant?



Vowels versus Consonants.



Manner, Place, and Voicing.



The English Consonants.



6. Connected Speech.


Assimilation.



The Suprasegmental Aspects of Speech.



7. 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.



8. Dialectial Variation.


Regional Dialects.



Southern American English.



Eastern American English.



Social Dialects.



African American Vernacular English.



Learning English as a Second Language.



Spanish-Influenced English.



Asian/Pacific-Influenced English.



Phonological Interferences: Russian and Arabic Speakers.



References.


Answers to Questions.


Glossary.


Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.9.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 276 x 215 mm
• Gewicht: 870 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-205-78848-3 / 0205788483
• ISBN-13: 978-0-205-78848-4 / 9780205788484
• Zustand: Neuware