Experimental Phonetics

"This book provides an accessible overview of the subject for linguists, featuring those aspects of experimental phonetics which have particular relevance for phonology." "Most of the book is devoted to acoustics, reflecting the central importance of the acoustics of speech within experimental phonetics. Such an emphasis is also timely due to the widening accessibility of computer-based systems for speech analysis. Assuming no background in the subject on the part of the reader, Experimental Phonetics provides an introduction to the nature of sound and to the methodology of acoustic analysis, while avoiding too many technical details."--BOOK JACKET.