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Title: A Course in Phonetics by Peter Ladefoged ISBN: 0-15-507319-2 Publisher: Heinle Pub. Date: 26 July, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $67.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Introductory Textbook
Comment: As a linguistics student at UCSB, I must say that this has been one of the better textbooks that I've had. It is incredibly clear in explaining all the concepts and terminology of phonetics. Additionally, as someone who usually hates textbook material, the fact that this is concise, easy to read AND follow makes a better course for the phonetics class that you are taking.
Rating: 4
Summary: Must-have for Linguistics students
Comment: "A Course in Phonetics" is the best book available on introductory Phonetics, and I recommend it whole-heartedly for every Linguistics student, but not necessarily for those with a general interest in Linguistics and languages. What I found to be especially useful are the sections of exercises at the end of each chapter to test what you've learned. The exercises are very well designed; however, the one drawback is that the book contains no answer key (that can only be found in the professor's copy).
The sections on Articulatory Phonetics (how our mouths, teeth, and tongues interact to make sounds) and Phonetic transcription,which uses current standard IPA symbols,are particularly good. On that note, what I find lacking in the book is coverage of languages other than English. If you're interested in further information on transcribing in IPA in 29 major languages, I strongly recommend "Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A Guide to the Use of the I!nternational Phonetic Alphabet." Also, the section on Acoustic Phonetics was a bit overwhelming for anyone in my class who didn't have any background in Physics.
Still, the book's strength is the depth it goes into, taking into account that this is an introductory book. Every major concept in Phonetics is touched upon, and Ladefoged makes particularly good use of tables and diagrammes to help the reader.
(Note 7/2001: When I wrote this review, this was the most current edition. However, the 5th edition was published in 2000, and I haven't reviewed that yet, but you might want to check it out.)
Rating: 5
Summary: Ladefoged scores again !
Comment: This text is the best current introduction to phonetics, written by the distinguished/famous/infamous Prof. Ladefoged, a linguist in the British tradition established by Daniel Jones and David Abercrombie. Probably the best introduction to precede my graduate-level book "Acoustics of Speech Communication: Fundamentals, Speech Perception Theory, and Technology"
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Title: Handbook of the International Phonetic Association : A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet by International Phonetic Association, Corporate Author International Phonetic ISBN: 0521637511 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 28 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Phonetic Symbol Guide by Geoffrey K. Pullum, William A. Ladusaw ISBN: 0226685365 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: July, 1996 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Elements of Acoustic Phonetics by Peter Ladefoged ISBN: 0226467643 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: February, 1996 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Vowels and Consonants: An Introduction to the Sounds of Languages by Peter Ladefoged ISBN: 0631214127 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $40.95 |
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Title: The Sounds of the World's Languages (Phonological Theory) by Peter Ladefoged, Ian Maddieson ISBN: 0631198156 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $47.95 |
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