Introducing Phonetics and Phonology (second edition)

Introduction to articulatory phonetics; consonants; vowels, acoustic phonetics; above the segment; features, Phonological alternations process and rules, Phonological structure, Derivational analysis, Constraining the model

Introducing Phonetics and Phonology (second edition)

Mike Davenport

Hodder Arnold

2005

Abstract

This book is about the sounds we use when we speak (as opposed to the soundswe make when we're doing other things). It's also about the various kinds of rela-tionships that exist between the sounds we use. That is, it's about 'phonetics' — thephysical description of the actual sounds used in human languages — and it's about'phonology' — the way the sounds we use are organised into patterns and systems.As speakers of a particular language (English, say, or Hindi or Gaelic or Mohawk)we obviously 'know' about the phonetics and phonology of our language, sincewe use our language all the time, and unless we are tired or not concentrating (ordrunk), we do so without making errors. Furthermore, we always recognise whensomeone else (for example a non-native speaker) pronounces something incor-rectly. But, equally obviously, this knowledge is not something we are consciousof; we can't usually express the knowledge we have of our language. One of theaims of this book is to examine some ways in which we can begin to express whatnative speakers know about the sound system of their language. (Chapter 1. Page 1)

Contents:

. Chapter 1: Introduction

. Chapter 2: Introduction to articulatory phonetics

. Chapter 3: Consonants

. Chapter 4: Vowels

. Chapter 5: Acoustic phonetics

. Chapter 6: Above the segment

. Chapter 7: Features

. Chapter 8: Phonemics analysis

. Chapter 9: Phonological alternations process and rules

. Chapter 10: Phonological structure

. Chapter 11: Derivational analysis