Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics - 3rd Edition by Keith Johnson (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Fully revised and expanded, the third edition of Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics maintains a balance of accessibility and scholarly rigor to provide students with a complete introduction to the physics of speech.

• Newly updated to reflect the latest advances in the field
• Features a balanced and student-friendly approach to speech, with engaging side-bars on related topics
• Includes suggested readings and exercises designed to review and expand upon the material in each chapter, complete with selected answers
• Presents a new chapter on speech perception that addresses theoretical issues as well as practical concerns

From the Back Cover

The third edition of Keith Johnson's student-friendly and widely acclaimed introduction to phonetics and speech sciences is fully revised and expanded to reflect the latest advances in this rapidly developing field. Maintaining its unmatched balance of accessibility and scholarly rigor, the new edition of Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics provides students with a complete introduction to the physics of speech, enabling them to emerge with a clear conceptual understanding of speech sounds.

Johnson addresses the human auditory system, the main digital signal processing techniques used in phonetics, and new to the third edition, the theoretical issues as well as the practical concerns involved in speech perception. The most accessible introduction to the physics of speech available today, Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics includes suggested readings, engaging side-bars on related topics, and exercises designed to review and expand upon the material in each chapter, complete with selected answers.

Review Quotes

"Looking to offer a balanced, student-friendly approach to speech, with lively sidebars on related topics, this updated edition is intended to reflect the latest advances in the field." (Times Higher Education Supplement {Texbook Guide}, 3 November 2011)

About the Author

Keith Johnson is Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the author of Quantitative Methods in Linguistics, and the 6th edition of Peter Ladefoged's A Course in Phonetics.