Providing a comprehensive overview of the four primary areas of phonetics, Phonetics: Transcription, Production, Acoustics, and Perception is an ideal guide to the complete study of speech and sound.

• An accessible but in?depth introductory textbook on the basic concepts of phonetics
  
• Covers all four areas of phonetics: transcription, production, acoustics, and perception
  
• Offers uniquely thorough coverage of related relevant areas, including vocal fold vibration and the working of the ear, creating an engagingly flexible work for instructors
  
• Includes chapter?by?chapter exercises, enabling students to put their knowledge into practice
  
• Written in a clear and concise style by two of the field?s leading scholars
  
• Accompanied by a companion website at www.blackwellpublishing.com/phonetics (available on publication), featuring additional resources such as sound files.

"Phonetics: Transcription, Production, Acoustics, and Perception" is a comprehensive introduction to the study of speech and sound. The authors expertly guide readers through major issues in the field, including: Phonetic transcription - how the sounds of speech are written; Speech production - how sounds are produced; Acoustics - speech sounds and their acoustic characteristics; and, Speech perception - how speech is perceived by listeners. This textbook also offers uniquely thorough coverage of related relevant areas, including vocal fold vibration and the working of the ear, creating an engagingly flexible work for instructors. Exercises at the end of each chapter give students the opportunity to put their knowledge into practice, and a companion website offers a range of sound files that vividly illustrate the text. Reetz and Jongman have created a work which designed for undergraduates in linguistics as well as students in related fields like speech sciences and applied linguistics.

Phonetics: Transcription, Production, Acoustics, and Perception is a comprehensive introduction to the study of speech and sound. The authors expertly guide readers through major issues in the field, including:

• Phonetic transcription: how the sounds of speech are written
  
• Speech production: how sounds are produced
  
• Acoustics: speech sounds and their acoustic characteristics
  
• Speech perception: how speech is perceived by listeners

The textbook also offers uniquely thorough coverage of related relevant areas, including vocal fold vibration and the working of the ear, creating an engagingly flexible work for instructors. Exercises at the end of each chapter give students the opportunity to put their knowledge into practice, and a companion website at www.blackwellpublishing.com/phonetics offers a range of sound files that vividly illustrate the text.

Reetz and Jongman have created a work which designed for undergraduates in linguistics as well as students in related fields like speech sciences and applied linguistics.

Henning Reetz is a Professor at the Institute for Phonetics and Phonology at the University of Frankfurt, Germany.

Allard Jongman is a Professor in the Linguistics Department of the University of Kansas, and Co?Director of the University of Kansas Phonetics and Psycholinguistics Laboratory (KUPPL). Dr Jongman has published extensively on acoustic and auditory phonetics in a variety of languages.