Phonetic Data Analysis: An Introduction to Fieldwork and Instrumental Techniques

ISBN: 0631232702

Author: Ladefoged, Peter

Condition: New

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.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 worlds 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 Ladefogeds own fieldwork experiences.

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