Principles of phonetics /

By: Laver, JohnMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge textbooks in linguisticsPublication details: Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2000Description: xxviii, 707 p. : illISBN: 9780521456555; 052145655X (pbk.)Subject(s): PhoneticsDDC classification: 414 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online
Contents:
pt. VIII. Conclusion. 19. Evaluating general phonetic theory -- Appendix I: The phonetic alphabet of the International Phonetic Association -- Appendix II: Index of languages.
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Underlying the apparent diversity shown by the thousands of mutually incomprehensible languages of the world, there is a remarkable, elegant and principled unity in the way that these languages exploit the phonetic resources of speech. It is these principles that Professor Laver sets out to describe in this major new textbook

pt. VIII. Conclusion. 19. Evaluating general phonetic theory --
Appendix I: The phonetic alphabet of the International Phonetic Association --
Appendix II: Index of languages.

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