Vowels and Consonants (CD ROM Included) by Ladefoged, Peter - 2005

Blackwell Publishing. New. 2005. Second Edition. Softcover. 1405124598 . This specific softcover book is in new condition with a cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "This popular and accessible introduction to phonetics is now available in a fully updated second edition. Peter Ladefoged describes how languages use a variety of different sounds, many of them quite unlike any that occur in well-known languages. Important topics covered in Vowels and Consonants include: * The main forces operating on the sounds of languages; * The acoustic components of speech and speech synthesis; * Computers and Text-To-Speech systems and speech recognition systems; * Descriptions of the sounds of a wide variety of languages that are reproduced on the accompanying CD. This revised edition includes a new chapter on how we listen to speech and the greatly expanded CD now contains data on 100 languages to reinforce learning and bring the descriptions to life."; 6.75 X .75 X 9.75 inches; 224 pages .