The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences - (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics) 2nd Edition by William J Hardcastle & John Laver & Fiona E Gibbon
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Highlights
- Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences provides an authoritative account of the key topics in both theoretical and applied areas of speech communication, written by an international team of leading scholars and practitioners.
- About the Author: William J. Hardcastle is Emeritus Professor of Speech Sciences at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.
- 896 Pages
- Language + Art + Disciplines, Language Arts
- Series Name: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
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Book Synopsis
Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences provides an authoritative account of the key topics in both theoretical and applied areas of speech communication, written by an international team of leading scholars and practitioners.- Combines new and influential research, along with articulate overviews of the key topics in theoretical and applied areas of speech communication
- Accessibly structured into five major sections covering: experimental phonetics; biological perspectives; modelling speech production and perception; linguistic phonetics; and speech technology
- Includes nine entirely new chapters on topics such as phonetic notation and sociophonetics, speech technology, biological perspectives, and prosody
- A streamlined and re-oriented structure brings all contributions up-to-date with the latest research, whilst maintaining the features that made the first edition so useful
From the Back Cover
"With this second edition, the Handbook of Phonetics Sciences will continue to be an outstanding resource for students, providing wide-ranging critical overviews of the development of key scientific topics and of the debates which are at the heart of contemporary phonetic research." Gerard Docherty, Newcastle University
"This Handbook is an outstanding collection of state-of-the-art surveys and original contributions. Revised and refreshed, it is essential reading for anyone engaged in understanding phonetic aspects of speech. " John Local, University of York
Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences provides an authoritative account of the key topics in both theoretical and applied areas of speech communication, written by an international team of scholars and practitioners.
The Handbook is accessibly structured into five major sections covering: experimental phonetics; biological perspectives; modelling speech production and perception; linguistic phonetics; and speech technology. These sections have been reconceived and re-oriented to create a more streamlined and user-friendly reference tool, whilst keeping the essential features that made the first edition so comprehensive. All contributions have been revised in order to bring them up-to-date with the latest research, and nine entirely new chapters have been added on topics including phonetic notation and sociophonetics, speech technology, and biological perspectives, along with an expanded section on prosody. This new edition is an unparalleled resource for advanced students and specialists in the field.
Review Quotes
"In conclusion, the second edition of 'The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences' is an invaluable reference. The clarity of its explanations, its accurate and updated review of theories and methods, and its analysis of both the strengths and weaknesses of each tool at the disposal of researchers will all be of great help to scholars involved in various degrees of speech analysis." (Linguist List, 4 June 2013)
About the Author
William J. Hardcastle is Emeritus Professor of Speech Sciences at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. He is the author of Physiology of Speech Production (1976) and Disorders of Fluency and their Effects on Communication (with P. Dalton, 1989).
John Laver is Emeritus Professor of Speech Sciences at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His publications include The Phonetic Description of Voice Quality (1980), Principles of Phonetics (1994), and The Gift of Speech (1996).
Fiona E. Gibbon is Head of the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at University College Cork in Ireland. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. She is co-editor of Vowel Disorders (2002).