Phonetic Data Analysis: An Introduction to Fieldwork and Instrumental Techniques

ISBN: 978-0-631-23270-4

Paperback

272 pages

August 2003, Wiley-Blackwell

Other Available Formats: Hardcover

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Examines the procedures involved in describing the sounds of a language and illustrates the basic techniques of experimental phonetics.
Written by Peter Ladefoged, one of the world’s leading phoneticians.
Enables readers to work with a speaker in class or go out into the field and make their own discoveries about how the sounds of a language are made.
Provides full descriptions of techniques that are readily available and do not require the resources of a major phonetics laboratory.
Includes enlightening comments throughout about Ladefoged’s own fieldwork experiences.