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Phonetics and speech science / Ian R.A. MacKay.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023Description: xix, 457 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781108452038
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 414.8 MAC 23/eng/20230313
Contents:
Phonetics and language -- Phonetic transcription -- Anatomy and physiology of speech -- Air pressure and aerodynamics -- Consonants -- Vowels -- Sounds of North American English -- Voice, phonation, and nasality -- Airstream mechanisms: clicks, implosives, ejectives, esophageal speech -- Speech dynamics -- Suprasegmentals -- Acoustics -- Interlocutors: talkers and hearers.
Summary: "Written in a clear, approachable way, this textbook provides an introduction to the science of phonetics: how speech sounds are produced, how we classify them, and how they are processed to allow the rapid transmission of language-based messages. Comprehensive yet accessible, it is ideal for a beginner to the field"-- Provided by publisher.
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Reference text books All India Institute of Speech and Hearing R-18/2 414.8 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 23570
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Stack text books All India Institute of Speech and Hearing 38/3 414.8 MAC;2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 23572
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Phonetics and language -- Phonetic transcription -- Anatomy and physiology of speech -- Air pressure and aerodynamics -- Consonants -- Vowels -- Sounds of North American English -- Voice, phonation, and nasality -- Airstream mechanisms: clicks, implosives, ejectives, esophageal speech -- Speech dynamics -- Suprasegmentals -- Acoustics -- Interlocutors: talkers and hearers.

"Written in a clear, approachable way, this textbook provides an introduction to the science of phonetics: how speech sounds are produced, how we classify them, and how they are processed to allow the rapid transmission of language-based messages. Comprehensive yet accessible, it is ideal for a beginner to the field"-- Provided by publisher.

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