The Sounds of Language is an introductory guide to the linguistic study of speech sounds, which provides uniquely balanced coverage of both phonology and phonet

Phonetics is the scientific study of sounds used in language- how the sounds are produced, how they are transferred from the speaker to the hearer and how they

This book describes all the known ways in which the sounds of the world's languages differ. Encapsulating the work of two leading figures in the field, it will

This popular and accessible introduction to phonetics has been fully updated for its third edition, and now includes an accompanying website with sound files, a

Accompanying CD contains ... "[all] the sounds described in this book."--Page 4 of cover.