Phonetics : The Science of Speech
Martin J. Ball
Bok Engelsk 2014 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2014.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (248 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The anatomy and physiology of speech; Introduction; The vocal tract; The respiratory system; The laryngeal system; The supralaryngeal system; Monitoring speech; 2 Initiation of speech; Introduction; Airstream mechanisms; Phonation; 3 Speech articulation; Introduction; Consonant and vowel; State of the velum; Direction of airflow; Force of articulation; Prolongability; Manner of articulation; Place of articulation; Three-term labels; 4 Segments of speech: obstruent consonants; Introduction. - ArticulationTracking; Imaging; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Phonetics charts; Appendix 2: Languages cited in the text; References; Index. - Measuring FrequencyDetailed spectrographic properties of speech sounds; Measuring pitch; Acoustic aspects of connected speech; 10 The perception of speech; Introduction; How listeners hear speech; The peripheral auditory system; The internal auditory system; Hearing impairment; Models of speech perception; 11 Perceptual phonetics; Introduction; Methods of psychoacoustic investigation; Experimental procedures in psychoacoustics; Acoustic cues in speech perception; Conclusion; 12 Instrumental phonetics; Introduction; Muscle control for speech; Airflow in speech; Phonation; Velic action. - Stop productionFricatives; Ejectives; Implosives; Clicks; 5 Segments of speech: sonorant cosonants and vowels; Introduction; Nasals; Approximants; Vowels; 6 Suprasegments of speech; Introduction; The importance of prosodic aspects of speech; Stress; Length; Syllable juncture; Pitch; Intonation; Voice quality; Rhythm; 7 Multiple articulations, co-articulation and the parameters of speech; Introduction; Double articulations; Secondary articulations; Co-articulation; Parametric phonetics; 8 Principles and methods of phonetic transcription; Introduction; A note on phonetic ability. - The role of auditory transcription in phoneticsTerminology relating to transcription; Phonemic and phonetic transcription; Learning transcriptional skills: the contribution of auditory and articulatory phonetics and phonology; The phoneme and phonemic analysis; Do we store sounds as phonemes or allophones?; What do we need to transcribe?; Materials for learning phonetic transcription; 9 Acoustic characteristics of speech; Introduction; The acoustics of speech transmission; Frequency and pitch; Amplitude, intensity and loudness; Resonance; Basic methods in acoustic analysis. - In their comprehensive new introduction to phonetics, Ball and Rahilly offer a detailed explanation of the process of speech production, from the anatomical initiation of sounds and their modification in the larynx, through to the final articulation of vowels and consonants in the oral and nasal tracts. This textbook is one of the few to give a balanced account of segmental and suprasegmental aspects of speech, showing clearly that the communication chain is incomplete without accurate production of both individual speech sounds (segmental features) and aspects such as stress and intonation
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| ISBN | 0340700092. - 0340700106
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