- Paperback: 255 pages
- Publisher: Clarendon Press (31 Oct 1988)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0198242174
- ISBN-13: 978-0198242178
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.7 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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"My favorite phonetics textbook--the most systematic account of articulation I know of."--Kenneth L. Miner, University of Kansas
"Unquestionably the finest elementary text in phonetics to appear since Abercrombie's Elements of General Phonetics and Ladefoged's A Course in Phonetics."--Dale Woolley, University of Illinois at Chicago
"Anyone without access to a good articulatory phonetician will find much in this volume, and those teaching will want to incorporate many of the exercises into their instruction."--Studies in Second Language Acquisition
"A very welcome book by a distiguished phonetician. [Catford] couples his vast experience in fieldwork with his knowledge of the acoustics and physiology of speech to give clear guidance in the production of speech-sounds."--Arthur Abramson, University of Connecticut
"Unquestionably the finest elementary text in phonetics to appear since Abercrombie's Elements of General Phonetics and Ladefoged's A Course in Phonetics."--Dale Woolley, University of Illinois at Chicago
"Anyone without access to a good articulatory phonetician will find much in this volume, and those teaching will want to incorporate many of the exercises into their instruction."--Studies in Second Language Acquisition
"A very welcome book by a distiguished phonetician. [Catford] couples his vast experience in fieldwork with his knowledge of the acoustics and physiology of speech to give clear guidance in the production of speech-sounds."--Arthur Abramson, University of Connecticut
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"[A]n introduction to general phonetics that integrates the articulatory and the acoustic aspects of the subject in a way that few other introductory works do; that gives a comprehensive view of the whole subject."--Kritikon Litterarum (on the previous edition)
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Format:Paperback
In the preface to the first edition, Catford explained that he had written, not just for students of linguistics, but for actors, language teachers, the deaf, and many others. Anyone interested in learning the basics of phonetics and, above all, in learning how to pronounce the many sounds of the world's languages, will find this the ideal introduction.
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I would highly recommend that any teacher of any foreign language read this book. It is a genuinely practical book which teaches the reader more about how we function when we speak than any other phonetics book I have ever read.
The author never goes off into fuzzy theoretical descriptions, but always stays with his learners and carries them through the process of getting their own sound production system working in all sorts of unexpected ways. I discovered muscles I never know I had.
My only regret is that Catford didn't write it years earlier. It is exactly the book I would have liked to own when I studied phonetics.
Beautifully written, clear and concise, a real treat for anyone interested in the field of phonetics.
Thank you, Mr Catford, for an excellent book.
The author never goes off into fuzzy theoretical descriptions, but always stays with his learners and carries them through the process of getting their own sound production system working in all sorts of unexpected ways. I discovered muscles I never know I had.
My only regret is that Catford didn't write it years earlier. It is exactly the book I would have liked to own when I studied phonetics.
Beautifully written, clear and concise, a real treat for anyone interested in the field of phonetics.
Thank you, Mr Catford, for an excellent book.
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I'm amazed that I'm only the second person to review this book. Well, it's beautifully written, and wonderfully informative. Most of all it's genuinely practical (as the title promises). There are over a hundred straightforward exercises that sensitise us to the workings and possibilities of our vocal tracts for sound production.
Together with the same author's 'Fundamental Problems in Phonetics' (now sadly out of print), an invaluable legacy. I feel very grateful.
Together with the same author's 'Fundamental Problems in Phonetics' (now sadly out of print), an invaluable legacy. I feel very grateful.
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