Comprehensive textbook on phonetics, with examples from over 500 languages.

Companion website, featuring additional resources such as sound files, can be found here: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/phonetics/ Providing a comprehensiv

The book is designed as an introduction to the scientific study of speech. No prior knowledge of phonetics is assumed. As far as mathematical knowlege is concer

Those working on the description of disordered speech are bound to be also involved with clinical phonology to some extent. This is because interpreting the spe