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Author Laver, John.

Title Principles of phonetics / John Laver
Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1994

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Description xxviii, 707 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Cambridge textbooks in linguistics
Cambridge textbooks in linguistics.
Contents Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- Part I. General Concepts: 1. The semiotic framework -- 2. The relationship between phonetics and phonology -- 3. Accent, dialect and language -- Part II. The Anayltical Framework: 4. The phonetic analysis of speech -- 5. The architecture of phonetic classification -- Part III. Initiation and Phonotation: 6. Airstream mechanisms -- 7. Phonation -- Part IV. Linear Segmental Analysis: 8. Stop articulations -- 9. Fricative articulations -- 10. Resonant articulations -- 11. Multiple articulations -- Part V. Articulatory Co-ordination and Phonetic Settings: 12. Inter-segmental co-ordinations -- 13. Phonetic similarity and multi-segmental settings -- Part VI. Temporal, Prosodic and Metrical Analysis: 14. The temporal organization of speech -- segmental duration -- 15. The prosodic organization of speech: pitch and loudness -- 16. The metrical organization of speech: stress, syllable weight, prominence and rhythm -- 17. The temporal organization of speech -- continuity and rate -- Part VII. Principles of Transcription: 18. Types of transcription -- Part VIII -- Conclusion: 19. Evaluating general phonetic theory -- Envoi -- References -- Appendices -- Index of names -- Subject index
Analysis Phonetics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 622-684) and indexes
Subject Phonetics.
LC no. 93018183
ISBN 0521450314
052145655X (paperback)