{"product_id":"phonetic-data-analysis-9780631232698","title":"Phonetic Data Analysis","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhonetic Data Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style:\" none\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the procedures involved in describing the sounds of a language and illustrates the basic techniques of experimental phonetics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by Peter Ladefoged, one of the world's leading phoneticians.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEnables 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides full descriptions of techniques that are readily available and do not require the resources of a major phonetics laboratory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes enlightening comments throughout about Ladefoged's own fieldwork experiences.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a wonderful book – one we have all been waiting for, perhaps without knowing it, and one that will make us wonder how we ever did without it. I look forward to recommending it to anyone undertaking an instrumental phonetic investigation.\" \u003ci\u003eNina Grønnum, University of Copenhagen\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePhonetic Data Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most useful linguistics books written in the last 25 years. With his trademark clarity of thought and expression, Peter Ladefoged has written a book that is sure to be a classic. Every field linguist should own a copy of this book. I plan to carry it with me and follow its suggestions in all my future field research in the Amazon.\" \u003ci\u003eDan Everett, University of Manchester\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Peter Ladefoged is widely acknowledged as the world's leading phonetician. I warmly recommend this unique and remarkable new book to students and professionals interested in phonetic fieldwork or experimental phonetics. It is deeply practical and very easy to understand; it is also full of illuminating personal experience from a lifetime of investigating hundreds of languages in every inhabited continent.\" \u003ci\u003eJohn Laver, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a very useful and personal book. Peter Ladefoged brings us along for a phonetic field trip where serious research is always interspersed with the joy of getting to know one another. This book will show you how to make your own palatography mirrors (ask a mirror-maker for help!) and how doing phonetics really well can make for a fascinating life.\" \u003ci\u003eKeith Johnson, Ohio State University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Recording The Sounds Of A Language:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeciding What To Record.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinding Speakers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecording Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking A Recording.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDigital Recording.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eListening To Recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eField Notes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstrumental Phonetic Techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Finding The Places Of Articulation:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStill And Video Photography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBasic Palatography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore Elaborate Palatography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElectropalatography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Aerodynamic Investigations:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecording Air Pressure And Airflow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeasuring Air Pressure And Airflow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpreting Aerodynamic Records.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuantifying Nasalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhonation Types.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElectroglottography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Pitch, Loudness And Length:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePitch Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpreting Pitch Curves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLoudness, Intensity And Stress.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWaveforms And The Measurement Of Duration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Characterizing Vowels:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSound Spectrograms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpectra.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVowel Charts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNasalized Vowels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Acoustic Analysis Of Consonants:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWaveforms, Spectrograms And Duration Measurements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpectral Characteristics Of Nasals, Laterals, Approximants And Trills.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFricatives And Stop Bursts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpectrograms And Place Of Articulation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpectrograms And Articulatory Movements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Acoustic Analysis Of Phonation Types:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWaveforms Of Different Glottal States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpectral Characteristics Of Phonation Types.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Coda:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA General Purpose Phonetics Laboratory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore Elaborate Instrumental Phonetic Techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSaying Goodbye To Fieldwork.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403454914903,"sku":"9780631232698","price":109.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631232698.jpg?v=1730483523","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/phonetic-data-analysis-9780631232698","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}