Phonetic Data Analysis: An Introduction to Fieldwork and Instrumental Techniques

Ladefoged, Peter

Phonetic Data Analysis examines the procedures involved in describing the sounds of a language and illustrates the basic techniques of experimental phonetics, most of them requiring little more than a tape recorder, a video camera, and a computer.

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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.

Details

Published by: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: 2003-09-26

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9780631232704

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Dimensions: 229.9cm x154.9cm

Pages: 208.0