Author: Peter Ladefoged
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 144435504X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This popular and accessible introduction to phonetics has been fully updated for its third edition, and now includes an accompanying website with sound files, and expanded coverage of topics such as speech technology. Describes how languages use a variety of different sounds, many of them quite unlike any that occur in well-known languages Written by the late Peter Ladefoged, one of the world's leading phoneticians, with updates by renowned forensic linguist, Sandra Ferrari Disner Includes numerous revisions to the discussion of speech technology and additional updates throughout the book Explores the acoustic, articulatory, and perceptual components of speech, demonstrates speech synthesis, and explains how speech recognition systems work Supported by an accompanying website at www.vowelsandconsonants3e.com featuring additional data and recordings of the sounds of a wide variety of languages, to reinforce learning and bring the descriptions to life
Vowels and Consonants
Author: Peter Ladefoged
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 144435504X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This popular and accessible introduction to phonetics has been fully updated for its third edition, and now includes an accompanying website with sound files, and expanded coverage of topics such as speech technology. Describes how languages use a variety of different sounds, many of them quite unlike any that occur in well-known languages Written by the late Peter Ladefoged, one of the world's leading phoneticians, with updates by renowned forensic linguist, Sandra Ferrari Disner Includes numerous revisions to the discussion of speech technology and additional updates throughout the book Explores the acoustic, articulatory, and perceptual components of speech, demonstrates speech synthesis, and explains how speech recognition systems work Supported by an accompanying website at www.vowelsandconsonants3e.com featuring additional data and recordings of the sounds of a wide variety of languages, to reinforce learning and bring the descriptions to life
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 144435504X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This popular and accessible introduction to phonetics has been fully updated for its third edition, and now includes an accompanying website with sound files, and expanded coverage of topics such as speech technology. Describes how languages use a variety of different sounds, many of them quite unlike any that occur in well-known languages Written by the late Peter Ladefoged, one of the world's leading phoneticians, with updates by renowned forensic linguist, Sandra Ferrari Disner Includes numerous revisions to the discussion of speech technology and additional updates throughout the book Explores the acoustic, articulatory, and perceptual components of speech, demonstrates speech synthesis, and explains how speech recognition systems work Supported by an accompanying website at www.vowelsandconsonants3e.com featuring additional data and recordings of the sounds of a wide variety of languages, to reinforce learning and bring the descriptions to life
Vowels and Consonants
Author: Peter Ladefoged
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9781405124584
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This popular and accessible introduction to phonetics is now available in a fully updated second edition. Peter Ladefoged describes how languages use a variety of different sounds, many of them quite unlike any that occur in well-known languages. Important topics covered in Vowels and Consonants include: * The main forces operating on the sounds of languages * The acoustic components of speech and speech synthesis * Computers and Text-To-Speech systems and speech recognition systems * Descriptions of the sounds of a wide variety of languages that are reproduced on the accompanying CD. This revised edition includes a new chapter on how we listen to speech and the greatly expanded CD now contains data on 100 languages to reinforce learning and bring the descriptions to life.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9781405124584
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This popular and accessible introduction to phonetics is now available in a fully updated second edition. Peter Ladefoged describes how languages use a variety of different sounds, many of them quite unlike any that occur in well-known languages. Important topics covered in Vowels and Consonants include: * The main forces operating on the sounds of languages * The acoustic components of speech and speech synthesis * Computers and Text-To-Speech systems and speech recognition systems * Descriptions of the sounds of a wide variety of languages that are reproduced on the accompanying CD. This revised edition includes a new chapter on how we listen to speech and the greatly expanded CD now contains data on 100 languages to reinforce learning and bring the descriptions to life.
The War Between the Vowels and the Consonants
Author: Priscilla Turner
Publisher: Square Fish
ISBN: 9780374482176
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The unknown history of letters For as long as any letter could remember, Vowels and Consonants had been enemies. U without N? Q without U? Mpssh! you say. Yet once, long ago, P's and Q's minded their p's and q's, and though U and I deserved not one iota of respect. For their part, Vowels knew only that the dot on the youngest i was far moe important than the most capital W. And so they came to wage a fierce war to prove who were the better letters. But as S's outflank E's and O's surround H's, an enemy of all the alphabet appers on the horizon--one which neither Vowels or Consonants can conquer alone. In this hilarious look at the hidden life of letters, Priscilla and Whitney Turner reveal how sworn enemies become allies and discovered what you and I now take for granted: that the pen is mightier than the swrd.
Publisher: Square Fish
ISBN: 9780374482176
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The unknown history of letters For as long as any letter could remember, Vowels and Consonants had been enemies. U without N? Q without U? Mpssh! you say. Yet once, long ago, P's and Q's minded their p's and q's, and though U and I deserved not one iota of respect. For their part, Vowels knew only that the dot on the youngest i was far moe important than the most capital W. And so they came to wage a fierce war to prove who were the better letters. But as S's outflank E's and O's surround H's, an enemy of all the alphabet appers on the horizon--one which neither Vowels or Consonants can conquer alone. In this hilarious look at the hidden life of letters, Priscilla and Whitney Turner reveal how sworn enemies become allies and discovered what you and I now take for granted: that the pen is mightier than the swrd.
Can U Save the Day?
Author: Shannon Stocker
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1534146288
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
B is an awfully boastful bloke and when he and the rest of the alphabet get together, he can't help but tease the vowels about their small numbers. So the vowels begin to take off, one by one. The consonants--and the rest of the farm--see just how important vowels really are. With disaster looming and B seeing the error of his ways, can U save the day and set the alphabet right again?
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1534146288
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
B is an awfully boastful bloke and when he and the rest of the alphabet get together, he can't help but tease the vowels about their small numbers. So the vowels begin to take off, one by one. The consonants--and the rest of the farm--see just how important vowels really are. With disaster looming and B seeing the error of his ways, can U save the day and set the alphabet right again?
Consonants
Author: Wiley Blevins
Publisher:
ISBN: 1634403487
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
"The alphabet has 26 letters -- 21 of them are consonants. They can be combined with vowels to build words. Readers discover what some of the most common consonants can do."--
Publisher:
ISBN: 1634403487
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
"The alphabet has 26 letters -- 21 of them are consonants. They can be combined with vowels to build words. Readers discover what some of the most common consonants can do."--
The Sounds of Language
Author: Elizabeth C. Zsiga
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405191031
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
The Sounds of Language is an introductory guide to the linguistic study of speech sounds, which provides uniquely balanced coverage of both phonology and phonetics. Features exercises and problem sets, as well as supporting online resources at www.wiley.com/go/zsiga, including additional discussion questions and exercises, as well as links to further resources such as sound files, video files, and useful websites Creates opportunities for students to practice data analysis and hypothesis testing Integrates data on sociolinguistic variation, first language acquisition, and second language learning Explores diverse topics ranging from the practical, such as how to make good digital recordings, make a palatogram, solve a phoneme/allophone problem, or read a spectrogram; to the theoretical, including the role of markedness in linguistic theory, the necessity of abstraction, features and formal notation, issues in speech perception as distinct from hearing, and modelling sociolinguistic and other variations Organized specifically to fit the needs of undergraduate students of phonetics and phonology, and is structured in a way which enables instructors to use the text both for a single semester phonetics and phonology course or for a two-course sequence
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405191031
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
The Sounds of Language is an introductory guide to the linguistic study of speech sounds, which provides uniquely balanced coverage of both phonology and phonetics. Features exercises and problem sets, as well as supporting online resources at www.wiley.com/go/zsiga, including additional discussion questions and exercises, as well as links to further resources such as sound files, video files, and useful websites Creates opportunities for students to practice data analysis and hypothesis testing Integrates data on sociolinguistic variation, first language acquisition, and second language learning Explores diverse topics ranging from the practical, such as how to make good digital recordings, make a palatogram, solve a phoneme/allophone problem, or read a spectrogram; to the theoretical, including the role of markedness in linguistic theory, the necessity of abstraction, features and formal notation, issues in speech perception as distinct from hearing, and modelling sociolinguistic and other variations Organized specifically to fit the needs of undergraduate students of phonetics and phonology, and is structured in a way which enables instructors to use the text both for a single semester phonetics and phonology course or for a two-course sequence
My Book of Writing Words
Author: Kumon Publishing
Publisher: Kumon Workbooks
ISBN: 9781933241043
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Introduce your child to reading and writing with our Verbal Skills Workbooks. Through fun activities such as tracing and color-by-letter, our workbooks gradually introduce new concepts. The eye-catching illustrations and captivating content reinforce lessons and help children stay motivated, encouraging them to be lifelong readers and writers.
Publisher: Kumon Workbooks
ISBN: 9781933241043
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Introduce your child to reading and writing with our Verbal Skills Workbooks. Through fun activities such as tracing and color-by-letter, our workbooks gradually introduce new concepts. The eye-catching illustrations and captivating content reinforce lessons and help children stay motivated, encouraging them to be lifelong readers and writers.
Dictionary of the British English Spelling System
Author: Greg Brooks
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
ISBN: 1783741074
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
This book will tell all you need to know about British English spelling. It's a reference work intended for anyone interested in the English language, especially those who teach it, whatever the age or mother tongue of their students. It will be particularly useful to those wishing to produce well-designed materials for teaching initial literacy via phonics, for teaching English as a foreign or second language, and for teacher training. English spelling is notoriously complicated and difficult to learn; it is correctly described as much less regular and predictable than any other alphabetic orthography. However, there is more regularity in the English spelling system than is generally appreciated. This book provides, for the first time, a thorough account of the whole complex system. It does so by describing how phonemes relate to graphemes and vice versa. It enables searches for particular words, so that one can easily find, not the meanings or pronunciations of words, but the other words with which those with unusual phoneme-grapheme/grapheme-phoneme correspondences keep company. Other unique features of this book include teacher-friendly lists of correspondences and various regularities not described by previous authorities, for example the strong tendency for the letter-name vowel phonemes (the names of the letters ) to be spelt with those single letters in non-final syllables.
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
ISBN: 1783741074
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
This book will tell all you need to know about British English spelling. It's a reference work intended for anyone interested in the English language, especially those who teach it, whatever the age or mother tongue of their students. It will be particularly useful to those wishing to produce well-designed materials for teaching initial literacy via phonics, for teaching English as a foreign or second language, and for teacher training. English spelling is notoriously complicated and difficult to learn; it is correctly described as much less regular and predictable than any other alphabetic orthography. However, there is more regularity in the English spelling system than is generally appreciated. This book provides, for the first time, a thorough account of the whole complex system. It does so by describing how phonemes relate to graphemes and vice versa. It enables searches for particular words, so that one can easily find, not the meanings or pronunciations of words, but the other words with which those with unusual phoneme-grapheme/grapheme-phoneme correspondences keep company. Other unique features of this book include teacher-friendly lists of correspondences and various regularities not described by previous authorities, for example the strong tendency for the letter-name vowel phonemes (the names of the letters ) to be spelt with those single letters in non-final syllables.
The Consonant and the Vowel
Author: Steven Lawrence
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781548989194
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
On the island of Alphabeterra, there are no words. The consonants are separated from the vowels by the Forest of Empty Pages. It is so vast and imposing that the letters are afraid to explore it. One day a brave "s" named Stella and an intrepid "u" named Upton decide to make their way through the forest-one from the west, the other from the east. Their journeys lead them to a discovery that can only be described as Awesome. This lighthearted adventure blends humor with a bit of education, a lot of colorful imagery and a reminder of what one can gain with courage and friendship.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781548989194
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
On the island of Alphabeterra, there are no words. The consonants are separated from the vowels by the Forest of Empty Pages. It is so vast and imposing that the letters are afraid to explore it. One day a brave "s" named Stella and an intrepid "u" named Upton decide to make their way through the forest-one from the west, the other from the east. Their journeys lead them to a discovery that can only be described as Awesome. This lighthearted adventure blends humor with a bit of education, a lot of colorful imagery and a reminder of what one can gain with courage and friendship.
Introduction to English Phonetics and Phonology
Author: Mohammad Aslam
Publisher: Cambridge India
ISBN: 8175965053
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
In the context of globalisation, advances in information technology and the wide spread use of the Internet, developing students' ability to speak English with global intelligibility has become the focus of English language teaching. Introduction to English Phonetics and Phonology aims to help learners speak the language accurately with the right pronunciation, word and sentence stress and intonation. The book is designed for use in courses on English language and linguistics at the university level. A large number of well-labelled illustrations and minimal use of jargon make the book equally accessible to independent learners. Key features: . In-depth explanation of key concepts . Place and manner of articulation discussed with accompanying figures . Extensive examples from everyday English . Use of flowcharts and diagrams to explain syllable structure . Separate section on British and American English . Tasks for reinforcement of concepts and practice . Select glossary for ready reference
Publisher: Cambridge India
ISBN: 8175965053
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
In the context of globalisation, advances in information technology and the wide spread use of the Internet, developing students' ability to speak English with global intelligibility has become the focus of English language teaching. Introduction to English Phonetics and Phonology aims to help learners speak the language accurately with the right pronunciation, word and sentence stress and intonation. The book is designed for use in courses on English language and linguistics at the university level. A large number of well-labelled illustrations and minimal use of jargon make the book equally accessible to independent learners. Key features: . In-depth explanation of key concepts . Place and manner of articulation discussed with accompanying figures . Extensive examples from everyday English . Use of flowcharts and diagrams to explain syllable structure . Separate section on British and American English . Tasks for reinforcement of concepts and practice . Select glossary for ready reference