Informative,interestingandwellwritten...anexcellentgeneralreferenceforstudentsandscholarsatavarietyoflevelsLanguage,reviewingthefirsteditionAssumingnopriorknowledgeofthesubject.thisbookoffersathoroughintroductiontophoneticsandphonology.Itisunusuallycomprehensive,includingdetailedattentiontoarticulatoryandacousticphoneticsaswellastothefoundationsofphonolgicalanalysis.Thesecondeditionofthishighlysuccessfultextbookincorporatesseveralimprovements:acompletelynewchapteronspeechperceptionhasbeenadded:thematerialonanatomyandphysiologyhasbeenrearrangedandmuchofthedetailplacedlaterinthebooktomadeitlessdemandingonreaders;furthercoveragehasbeengiventothesoundsoftheworldslanguages;andtheentiretexthasbeeneditedtobringituptodate.
作者简介:
JohnClarkisChiefExecutiveOfficeroftheUniversityofWesternSydney,Hawskbury.HewaspreviouslyDirectoroftheSpeech.HearingandLanguageCentreatMacquarieUniversity.Sydney.ColinYallopisAssociateProfessorinLinguisticsatMacquarieandisDirectoroftheUniverstysDictionaryResearchCentre.