Vowels and Consonants Paperback / softback
by Peter (Late of University of California, Los Angeles, USA) Ladefoged, Sandra (University of Southern California, USA) Ferrari Disner
Paperback / softback
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This popular and accessible introduction to phonetics has been fully updated for its third edition, and now includes an accompanying website with sound files, and expanded coverage of topics such as speech technology. Describes how languages use a variety of different sounds, many of them quite unlike any that occur in well-known languagesWritten by the late Peter Ladefoged, one of the world's leading phoneticians, with updates by renowned forensic linguist, Sandra Ferrari DisnerIncludes numerous revisions to the discussion of speech technology and additional updates throughout the bookExplores the acoustic, articulatory, and perceptual components of speech, demonstrates speech synthesis, and explains how speech recognition systems workSupported by an accompanying website at www.vowelsandconsonants3e.com featuring additional data and recordings of the sounds of a wide variety of languages, to reinforce learning and bring the descriptions to life
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:20/02/2012
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- ISBN:9781444334296
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:20/02/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781444334296