NIGEL HEWLETT & JANET MACKENZIE BECK, An introduction to the Science of Phonetics. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006. Pp. ix + 351. ISBN: 0-8058-3868-6
All the software described in the book, together with a C compiler and a Prolog interpreter are included on the accompanying CD-Rom and the reader is also referred to a companion website (www.islp.org.uk) with additional links and updated information. [...]whether or not this is the perfect introduc...
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| Published in: | International Phonetic Association. Journal of the International Phonetic Association 2006, Vol.36 (2), p.207-210 |
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| Format: | Review |
| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | All the software described in the book, together with a C compiler and a Prolog interpreter are included on the accompanying CD-Rom and the reader is also referred to a companion website (www.islp.org.uk) with additional links and updated information. [...]whether or not this is the perfect introduction to speech and language processing for students with no technical background, its probably as close as we are likely to get for some time. [...]chapter 19 focuses on the supra-laryngeal components of speech production, and includes a description of the different instrumental tools available for exploring supra-segmental articulation (e.g. ultrasound). [...]in chapters 5 and 6, the author introduces the processes of rule formation for phonological derivations, the breaking down of problems and interacting processes like palatalisation, glide formation, assimilation, hardening, and others, as well as the importance of rule ordering. [...]on a note of puzzlement, it is striking that this book contains so little about the analysis of suprasegmental features: stress, syllable, tone and intonation, especially taking into account the importance that they have acquired since the 1980s. |
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| ISSN: | 0025-1003 1475-3502 |