Phonetics

by Peter Roach

Book Overview

This book leads the reader through the main areas of phonetics, including how speech sounds are made and how phoneticians classify them. Topics include the International Phonetic Alphabet, intonation, and accent variation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0194372391
• ISBN13: 9780194372398
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Nice introduction

This is an enjoyable little volume in the Oxford Introductions to Language Studies series. Roach begins with an overview and then directs our attention to the production of speech sounds and the creation of vowels, consonants, and tones. He also covers suprasegmentals, acoustics, and the use of sounds to compliment one another in the creation of meaning. My only complaint with this book is its emphasis on the BBC accent. This alienates those who are unfamiliar with this accent or those from other areas who are concerned rather with their own accent. This critique could be broadened to include most of this Oxford series so this criticism is not particular to Roach.