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Fundamentals of Phonetics : A Practical Guide for Students

ISBN: 9780205419128 | 0205419127
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 1/1/2005

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SummaryTable of Contents
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 ... MORE
Preface to the Second Editionvii
Preface to the First Editionix
Phonetics: A ``Sound'' Science
1(6)
Variation in Phonetic Practice
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4(3)
The Phonetic Representation of English
7(30)
The Difference between Spelling and Sound
7(2)
Morphemes
9(2)
Phonemes
11(4)
Distinctive Features
15(3)
Allophones: Members of a Phoneme Family
18(1)
Systematic versus Impressionistic Transcription
19(1)
Syllables
20(4)
Word Stress
24(6)
Review Exercises
30(2)
Study Questions
32(1)
Assignments
33(4)
Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism
37(12)
The Respiratory System and Respiration
37(2)
The Laryngeal System and Phonation
39(3)
The Supralaryngeal System and Articulation
42(4)
The Vocal Tract and Resonance
46(1)
Review Exercises
47(1)
Study Questions
48(1)
Vowel Transcription
49(58)
What Is a Vowel?
49(4)
The English Vowels
53(39)
Review Exercises
92(5)
Study Questions
97(2)
Assignments
99(8)
Consonant Transcription
107(62)
What Is a Consonant?
107(1)
Vowels versus Consonants
107(3)
Manner, Place, and Voicing
110(2)
The English Consonants
112(38)
Review Exercises
150(3)
Study Questions
153(2)
Assignments
155(14)
Connected Speech
169(40)
Assimilation
170(9)
Suprasegmental Aspects of Speech
179(16)
Review Exercises
195(5)
Study Questions
200(1)
Assignments
201(8)
Clinical Phonetics
209(56)
Overview of the Clinical Process
209(3)
Typical Phonological Development
212(3)
Phonological Processes
215(11)
Children with Phonological Disorders
226(4)
Allophonic Transcription of Speech
230(10)
The extIPA
240(3)
Suggestions for Transcription
243(2)
Review Exercises
245(4)
Study Questions
249(2)
Assignments
251(14)
Dialectal Variation
265(46)
Regional Dialects
267(4)
Southern American English
271(6)
Eastern American English
277(3)
Social Dialects
280(1)
African American Vernacular English
280(5)
Learning English as a Second Language
285(1)
Spanish-Influenced English
286(4)
Asian/Pacific-Influenced English
290(2)
Phonological Interference: Russian and Arabic Speakers
292(4)
Review Exercises
296(9)
Study Questions
305(2)
Assignments
307(4)
References311(4)
Answers to Questions315(52)
Glossary367(4)
Index371

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