Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
Phonetics : A Practical Introduction, Paperback / softback Book

Phonetics : A Practical Introduction Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours

Description

Speech is the most effective medium humans use to exchange and transmit knowledge, ideas and experiences.

It exists physiologically as neural and muscular activity, and subsequent articulatory, acoustic and auditory events, and as an abstract, rule-governed system at the psychological level.

Together, both levels produce communication by speech.

To appreciate speech and its communicative function, all of its characteristics must be understood.

This book offers the most comprehensive and accessible coverage of the three areas of phonetics: articulatory, acoustic, and auditory or speech perception.

Students without a linguistics background can be daunted by phonetics, so clear language is used to define linguistics and phonetics concepts with examples and illustrations to ensure understanding.

Furthermore, each chapter concludes with comprehension exercises to reinforce understanding.

Online exercises and recordings of speech stimuli from various languages provide additional opportunity to hone perception, production, phonetic transcription skills and acoustic analysis measurement practice.

Information

Save 5%

£27.99

£26.55

Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information