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Sounds of the Worlds Languages Paperback - 1996 - 1st Edition

by Peter Ladefoged; Ian Maddieson

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This book describes all the known ways in which the sounds of the world's languages differ. Encapsulating the work of two leading figures in the field, it will be a standard work of reference for researchers in phonetics, linguistics and speech science for many years to come. The scope of the book is truly global, with data drawn from nearly 400 languages, many of them investigated at first hand by the authors.

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This book gives a description of all the known ways in which the sounds of the world's languages differ. In doing so, it provides the empirical foundations for linguistic phonetics and phonology. Encapsulating the work of two leading figures in the field, it will be a standard work of reference for researchers in phonetics and linguistics for many years to come.

The scope of the book is truly global, with data drawn from nearly 400 languages, many of them investigated at first hand by the authors. A picture of the full range of possible contrasting phonetic categories is created by comparing families of similar sounds across many different languages.

Separate chapters deal with place of articulation, stops, nasals, fricatives, laterals, rhotics, clicks, vowels, and segments with multiple articulations. Each chapter is packed with illustrations documenting the articulatory and acoustic characteristics of the sounds discussed, and serving to illustrate the application of modern experimental techniques to descriptive phonetic studies.

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  • Title Sounds of the Worlds Languages
  • Author Peter Ladefoged; Ian Maddieson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 448
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley-Blackwell, Cambridge, MA
  • Publication date 1996-02-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780631198154 / 0631198156
  • Weight 1.77 lbs (0.80 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.62 x 6.72 x 0.94 in (24.43 x 17.07 x 2.39 cm)
  • Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
  • Library of Congress subjects Phonetics
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 94-49209
  • Dewey Decimal Code 414

About the author

The authors are respectively Professor of Phonetics Emeritus and Adjunct Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Peter Ladefoged's books include the standard introductory phonetics textbook A Course in Phonetics 3e (Harcourt Brace, 1993)
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