Fundamentals of Phonetics: A Practical Guide for Students
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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 children with disordered speech, Arabic Influenced English and Russian Influenced English. Booknews Focusing on teaching the ability to transcribe spoken language for introductory phonetics courses, this textbook discusses the problems of using the Roman alphabet to transcribe English, the anatomical structures used in producing spoken language, and other topics. The CD-ROM contains audio files of examples, oral discussions, and review exercises from the book. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Preface to the Third Edition 1 Phonetics: A “Sound” Science Chapter Learning ObjectivesIntroductionPhonetics as a Field of StudyVariation in Phonetic PracticeIPA FontsA Note on Pronunciation and DialectStudy QuestionsOn-Line Resources2 Phonetic Transcription of English Chapter Learning ObjectivesThe Difference between Spelling and SoundMorphemesPhonemesAllophones: Members of a Phoneme FamilySyllablesWord StressBroad versus Narrow TranscriptionReview ExercisesStudy QuestionsOn-Line ResourcesAssignments3 Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism Chapter Learning ObjectivesThe Respiratory System and RespirationThe Laryngeal System and PhonationThe Supralaryngeal System and ArticulationReview ExercisesStudy QuestionsOn-Line Resources4 VowelsChapter Learning ObjectivesWhat Is a Vowel ?The Vocal Tract and ResonanceTranscription of the English VowelsReview ExercisesStudy QuestionsOn-Line ResourcesAssignments5 ConsonantsChapter Learning ObjectivesWhat Is a Consonant?Consonants versus VowelsManner, Place, and VoicingThe English ConsonantsReview ExercisesStudy QuestionsOn-Line ResourcesAssignments6 Connected Speech Chapter Learning ObjectivesAssimilationSuprasegmental Aspects of SpeechReview ExercisesStudy QuestionsOn-Line ResourcesAssignments7 Clinical Phonetics: Transcription of Speech Sound Disorders Chapter Learning ObjectivesOverview of the Clinical ProcessTypical Phonological DevelopmentPhonological ProcessesChildren with Phonological DisordersTranscription of Speech Sound Disorders: DiacriticsThe extIPA and the VoQSTranscription of Speech Sound Disorders: Non-English PhonemesSuggestions for TranscriptionReview ExercisesStudy QuestionsOn-Line ResourcesAssignments8 Dialectal Variation Chapter Learning ObjectivesRegional DialectsSouthern American EnglishEastern American EnglishSocial and Ethnic DialectsAfrican American EnglishLearning English as a Second LanguageSpanish-Influenced EnglishAsian/Pacific-Influenced EnglishRussian- and Arabic-Influenced EnglishReview ExercisesStudy QuestionsOn-Line ResourcesAssignments References Answers to Questions Appendix AGlossary Index
