Articulatory Phonetics - by Bryan Gick & Ian Wilson & Donald Derrick (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- Articulatory Phonetics presents a concise and non-technical introduction to the physiological processes involved in producing sounds in human speech.
- About the Author: Bryan Gick is Professor and Director of the Interdisciplinary Speech Research Laboratory at the University of British Columbia, and is a Senior Researcher at Haskins Laboratories.
- 272 Pages
- Language + Art + Disciplines, Language Arts
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Book Synopsis
Articulatory Phonetics presents a concise and non-technical introduction to the physiological processes involved in producing sounds in human speech.- Traces the path of the speech production system through to the point where simple vocal sounds are produced, covering the nervous system, and muscles, respiration, and phonation
- Introduces more complex anatomical concepts of articulatory phonetics and particular sounds of human speech, including brain anatomy and coarticulation
- Explores the most current methodologies, measurement tools, and theories in the field
- Features chapter-by-chapter exercises and a series of original illustrations which take the mystery out of the anatomy, physiology, and measurement techniques relevant to speech research
- Includes a companion website at www.wiley.com/go/articulatoryphonetics with additional exercises for each chapter and new, easy-to-understand images of the vocal tract and of measurement tools/data for articulatory phonetics teaching and research
- Password protected instructor's material includes an answer key for the additional exercises
From the Back Cover
"Life has just become less lonely for Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics. Gick, Wilson & Derrick have given us a marvelous addition to the classroom, providing an authoritative description of speech articulation, an insightful and balanced guide to the theory of cognitive control of speech, and a highly readable introduction to the methods used in articulatory phonetics. All students of phonetics should study this book!" - Keith Johnson, University of California, Berkeley
Articulatory Phonetics presents a concise and non-technical introduction to the physiological processes involved in producing sounds in human speech. With a primary focus on the basic anatomy and physiology of speech and how different kinds of speech sounds are made, the text serves as an ideal guide through this burgeoning area of research.
The authors trace the path of the speech production system through to the point where simple vocal sounds are produced, covering the nervous system, muscles, respiration, and phonation. Subsequent chapters continue through the supralaryngeal system with focus on particular sounds of human speech, and introduce some of the more complex anatomical concepts of articulatory phonetics, including coarticulation and articulatory conflict. The most current methodologies, measurement tools, and theories are also addressed. Chapter-by-chapter exercises and a series of original illustrations take the mystery out of the anatomy, physiology, and measurement techniques relevant to speech research.
A companion website at www.wiley.com/go/articulatoryphonetics includes exercises for each chapter, images including traces of MRI data and an answer key. Articulatory Phonetics offers non-specialists illuminating insights into this fast-growing field of phonetics.
Review Quotes
"A rich yet approachable source of phonetic information, this new text is well structured, well designed, and full of original diagrams." (Expofairs, 25 November 2014)
"This book is the perfect companion for all students in phonetics, speech sciences and speech pathologies and complements Keith Johnson's Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics (3rd edition, 2011, Wiley-Blackwell) as introductory books to phonetic sciences." (International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 1 May 2013)
About the Author
Bryan Gick is Professor and Director of the Interdisciplinary Speech Research Laboratory at the University of British Columbia, and is a Senior Researcher at Haskins Laboratories. Dr. Gick's work has been featured on NOVA, NPR Morning Edition, and BBC Radio's "Naked Scientist". He is the editor of The Oneida Creation Story as told by Demus Elm and Harvey Antone (with F. Lounsbury, 2000).
Ian Wilson is Professor and Director of the CLR Phonetics Lab at the University of Aizu. Dr. Wilson was a regular in a 3-month English pronunciation television program aired on the "NHK World" channel.
Donald Derrick is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour in Christchurch, and the MARCS Institute in Sydney.
