Includes bibliographical references and index

1 The Vocal Tract -- 2 Basics of Articulation: Manner and Place in English -- 3 A Tour of the consonants -- 4 A Map of the Vowels -- 5 Anatomy, Physiology, and Gestural Coordination -- 6 The Physics of Sound: Pendulums, Pebbles, and Waves -- 7 Looking at Speech: Waveforms, Spectra, and Spectrograms -- 8 Speech Analysis: Under the Hood -- 9 Hearing and Speech Perception -- 10 Phonology 1: Abstraction, Contrast, Predictability -- 11 Phonotactics and Alternations -- 12 What Is A Possible Language? Distinctive Features -- 13 Rules and Derivations in Generative Grammar -- 14 Constraint-based Phonology -- 15 Syllables and Prosodic Domains -- 16 Stress -- 17 Tone and Intonation -- 18 Diachronic Change -- 19 Variation -- 20 Acquisition and Learning

"An introductory guide to the linguistic study of speech sounds, giving equal weight to both phonology and phonetics. Integrating these two disciplines allows students to appreciate the relationship of phonology and phonetics to each other, and to identify areas of overlap and mutual concern. Theoretically grounded, the book explores the range of data that any theory must account for, and discusses important concepts and constructs that emerge from the data, such as the interacting roles of biology and cognition in creating sound inventories, perception as distinct from hearing, contrast, alternation, and markedness. Zsiga presents a critical overview of different approaches that have been used in tackling these issues, with opportunities for students to practice data analysis and hypothesis testing. Data on sociolinguistic variation, first language acquisition, and second language learning are integrated throughout the text, along with valuable exercises, problem sets, and online data and sound files."--Jacket

In English text.