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Title

An introduction to instrumental phonetics / by Colin Painter.

Author

Painter, Colin.

Publication

Baltimore : University Park Press, c1979.

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Description

ix, 214 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Summary

• An Introduction to Instrumental Phonetics combines a most effective instructional approach with a thorough and scientifically sound discussion of the subject to make this the foremost introductory textbook on instrumental phonetics now available -- Back cover.
• The second, on physiological instrumentation, covers analyzing data received from tubes, face masks, fine-wire electrodes, x-rays, false palates, and mirrors. The examples that illustrate what can be done with each technique use the same utterances repeatedly in different sections to show what new light a different technique can throw on an already familiar problem. As a result, the book is strongly reinforcing and leaves the student with a lasting understanding of the subject. The book presents most of the demonstration projects in a manner calculated to stimulate the joy of discovery. The problem is stated - as it would be in a research methods course - as if the answer were not known. The interpretation then grows out of the data as the student learns how to set up an experiment.^
• This is a much-needed textbook for introductory courses on instrumental phonetics designed for senior undergraduate and M.A. students in departments of general -linguistics, audiology, speech pathology, modern language, experimental psychology, and related medical specialties. Comprehensively and abundantly illustrated, this book demystifies the phonetics laboratory and presents projects that illustrate instrumentation techniques and cover a wide range of problems in linguistics and speech pathology. There is an annotated bibliography at the end and suggested readings throughout. Although the book assumes a knowledge of phonetics, it does not assume that the student has a strong science background. It is as valuable for students who wish to become technicians as it is for those intending to do advanced research work. There are two major sections of the book. The first, on acoustic instrumentation, deals with analyzing acoustic signals from microphones.^

Subject

Phonetics > Instruments

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 83-87.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Acoustic Instrumentation -- Physiological Instrumentation -- A Classified Bibliography -- Appendix: The Illustrations.

ISBN

0839113307

LCCN

^^^79001497^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library