Ball / Muller Phonetics for Communication Disorders

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-317-77794-6
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 380 Seiten

This comprehensive textbook offers a basic introduction to phonetics in an applied systematic presentation that equips the communication disorders student to deal with the wide range of speech types that will be encountered in a clinic. While the major discussion is articulatory, speech acoustics are also examined. Illustrations of sample spectrograms appear in tandem with the more traditional articulatory drawings. Two CDs of sound examples accompany the textbook. This comprehensive textbook offers a basic introduction to phonetics in an applied systematic presentation that equips the communication disorders student to deal with the wide range of speech types that will be encountered in a clinic. While the major discussion is articulatory, speech acoustics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ball, Martin J.

Muller, Nicole

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Part I: General Phonetics. Phonetic Description. The Organs of Speech. Initiation of an Airstream. Phonation and Voice Quality. The Description of Vowels. Articulation: Consonant Manner Types. Articulation: Consonant Place Types. More on Consonants. Suprasegmental Phonetics. Part II: English Phonetics. Phonetic and Phonological Description. Monophthongs of English. English Central Vowels and Diphthongs. English Plosives and Affricates. English Fricatives. English Sonorant Consonants. Words and Connected Speech. Intonation of English. Varieties of English. Part III: Disordered Speech. Phonological and Phonetic Disorders. Transcribing Atypical and Disordered Speech. Appendices.