TY - BOOK AU - Laver,John TI - Principles of phonetics T2 - Cambridge textbooks in linguistics SN - 9780521456555 U1 - 414 PY - 2000/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Phonetics N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam023/93018183.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam025/93018183.html ER -