This book gives a description of all the known ways in which the
sounds of the world's languages differ. In doing so, it provides
the empirical foundations for linguistic phonetics and phonology.
Encapsulating the work of two leading figures in the field, it will
be a standard work of reference for researchers in phonetics and
linguistics for many years to come.
The scope of the book is truly global, with data drawn from
nearly 400 languages, many of them investigated at first hand by
the authors. A picture of the full range of possible contrasting
phonetic categories is created by comparing families of similar
sounds across many different languages.
Separate chapters deal with place of articulation, stops,
nasals, fricatives, laterals, rhotics, clicks, vowels, and segments
with multiple articulations. Each chapter is packed with
illustrations documenting the articulatory and acoustic
characteristics of the sounds discussed, and serving to illustrate
the application of modern experimental techniques to descriptive
phonetic studies.
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