The clear and easy way to get a handle on the science of speech The science of how people produce and perceive speech, phonetics has an array of real-world applications, from helping engineers create an authentic sounding Irish or Canadian accent for a GPS voice, to assisting forensics investigators identifying the person whose voice was caught on tape, to helping a film actor make the transition to the stage. Phonetics is a required course among students of speech pathology and linguistics, and it's a popular elective among students of telecommunications and forensics. The first popular guide to this fascinating discipline, Phonetics For Dummies is an excellent overview of the field for students enrolled in introductory phonetics courses and an ideal introduction for anyone with an interest in the field.
Bonus instructional videos, video quizzes, and other content available online for download on the dummies.com product page for this book.
By:
William F. Katz
Imprint: Wiley
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 183mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9781118505083
ISBN 10: 1118505085
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 28 August 2013
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 1 Part I: Getting Started with Phonetics 7 Chapter 1: Understanding the A-B-Cs of Phonetics 9 Chapter 2: The Lowdown on the Science of Speech Sounds 15 Chapter 3: Meeting the IPA: Your New Secret Code 37 Chapter 4: Producing Speech: The How-To 51 Chapter 5: Classifying Speech Sounds: Your Gateway to Phonology 73 Part II: Speculating about English Speech Sounds 91 Chapter 6: Sounding Out English Consonants 93 Chapter 7: Sounding Out English Vowels 107 Chapter 8: Getting Narrow with Phonology 123 Chapter 9: Perusing the Phonological Rules of English 131 Chapter 10: Grasping the Melody of Language 145 Chapter 11: Marking Melody in Your Transcription 157 Part III: Having a Blast: Sound, Waveforms, and Speech Movement 169 Chapter 12: Making Waves: An Overview of Sound 171 Chapter 13: Reading a Sound Spectrogram 191 Chapter 14: Confirming That You Just Said What I Thought You Said 219 Part IV: Going Global with Phonetics 235 Chapter 15: Exploring Different Speech Sources 237 Chapter 16: Visiting Other Places, Other Manners 253 Chapter 17: Coming from the Mouths of Babes 277 Chapter 18: Accentuating Accents 291 Chapter 19: Working with Broken Speech 315 Part V: The Part of Tens 333 Chapter 20: Ten Common Mistakes That Beginning Phoneticians Make and How to Avoid Them 335 Chapter 21: Debunking Ten Myths about Various English Accents 341 Index 347
William F. Katz, PhD, is Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas, where he teaches and directs research in linguistics, speech science, and language disorders. He has pioneered new treatments for speech loss after stroke, and he studies an unusual disorder known as foreign accent syndrome.
