基本説明
Revisions to this third edition include: New material on speech perception and on the anatomy and physiology of speech production taking account of recent findings in the field; Additional coverage of phonology, including a major section on constraint-based theories, including optimality theory; New sections on L1 and L2 acquisition, and sociolectal variation.
Full Description
This fully revised third edition integrates updated references, new findings, and modern theories, to present readers with the most thorough and complete introduction to phonetics and phonology.
Exceptionally thorough, including detailed attention to articulatory and acoustic phonetics as well as to the foundations of phonological analysis
Features a number of valuable changes, incorporating new material on the latest findings in speech production studies; greater coverage of prosody, including a major section on autosegmental metrical models; expanded coverage of phonology, including Optimality Theory; and sections on L1 and L2 acquisition, and sociolectal variation
Integrates new findings, theories references throughout, offering students the most thorough and complete knowledge of the subject to date
Includes 125 figures throughout
Contents
List of Figures x
List of Tables xiv
Preface to the Third Edition xv
List of Abbreviations xvi
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Phonetics and phonology 1
1.2 Theory and analysis 4
1.3 Applications of phonetics and phonology 6
1.4 Outline of this book 7
Exercises 9
2 Segmental Articulation 10
2.1 Introduction 10
2.2 A functional overview of the speech production process 11
2.3 The organs of speech 15
2.4 Describing speech sounds 16
2.5 Airstream mechanisms 16
2.6 Modes of phonation 19
2.7 Vocalic sounds 22
2.8 Duration and glide in vocalic articulations 32
2.9 Consonantal sounds 36
2.10 Vocal tract place 38
2.11 Tongue position 41
2.12 Manner of articulation 43
2.13 Stricture 49
2.14 Force 51
2.15 Length 51
2.16 Voice onset 52
Exercises 53
3 Units of Speech 55
Introduction 55
3.1 Identifying the units of speech 56
3.2 Complex articulations 61
3.3 Nasalization 62
3.4 Labialization 63
3.5 Palatalization 64
3.6 Velarization and pharyngealization 64
3.7 Affrication 65
3.8 Double articulation 65
3.9 Vowel retroflexion 66
3.10 Diphthongization 66
3.11 Syllabicity 67
3.12 Segmentation and structure 69
3.13 Diphthongs and related phenomena 71
3.14 Interpretations 74
Exercises 79
4 The Phonemic Organization of Speech 81
Introduction 81
4.1 Phonetic variability 81
4.2 The phoneme 90
4.3 Allophones 93
4.4 Phonemic norms 98
4.5 Pattern and symmetry 99
4.6 Phonological reality 103
4.7 Units and boundaries 105
4.8 Invariance and overlap 107
4.9 Biuniqueness and neutralization 109
4.10 Morphophonemic alternations 114
4.11 Free variation 116
4.12 The sounds of the world's languages 118
Exercises 124
5 The Generative Approach to Phonology 126
Introduction 126
5.1 The origins of generative phonology 126
5.2 The sound pattern of English 129
5.3 Basic rule notation in generative phonology 131
5.4 Formalism and evaluation 137
5.5 Abbreviatory devices in rule notation 139
5.6 Rule order 145
5.7 Functional considerations 148
5.8 Naturalness and markedness 152
5.9 Abstractness 154
Exercises 157
6 The Anatomy and Physiology of Speech Production 159
6.1 Introduction 159
6.2 Conventions of anatomical description 160
6.3 The nervous system 162
6.4 The respiratory system 168
6.5 The larynx 175
6.6 Phonation 184
6.7 The pharynx 190
6.8 The velum and the nasal cavity 191
6.9 The oral cavity 194
6.10 The tongue 195
6.11 The lips 198
6.12 The mandible 200
Exercises 202
7 The Acoustics of Speech Production 204
Introduction 204
7.1 The nature of sound 205
7.2 The propagation of sound 207
7.3 Simple harmonic motion 207
7.4 Complex vibrations 213
7.5 Resonance 216
7.6 Basic amplitude properties of sound waves 219
7.7 Time domain properties of sound waves 223
7.8 Frequency domain properties of sound waves 224
7.9 Some basic perceptual properties of sound waves 230
7.10 The acoustic model of speech production 233
7.11 Phonation as a sound source 234
7.12 Sources of frication 238
7.13 The vocal tract filter in vowel production 240
7.14 Spectrographic analysis of speech 249
7.15 Acoustic properties of vowel quality 261
7.16 The vocal tract filter in consonant production 272
7.17 The acoustic properties of consonants in syllables 278
7.18 The relationship between articulatory and acoustic
properties of speech production 288
7.19 Acoustic features of prosody 292
Exercises 296
8 Speech Perception 297
8.1 Introduction 297
8.2 The auditory system 298
8.3 Psychophysical properties of the auditory system 301
8.4 Speech intelligibility 304
8.5 Acoustic-phonetic perception 308
8.6 Vowel perception 311
8.7 Consonant perception 313
8.8 Units of perception 314
8.9 Prosodic perception 318
8.10 Word recognition 320
8.11 Models of speech perception 321
8.12 Conclusion 324
Exercises 324
9 Prosody 326
9.1 Introduction 326
9.2 The phonetic basis of suprasegmentals 330
9.3 The systemic organization of prosody 337
9.4 Tone languages 342
9.5 Pitch-accent languages 347
9.6 Stress in English 349
9.7 Stress assignment 354
9.8 Intonation in English 359
9.9 Tones and break indices 364
Exercises 370
10 Feature Systems 372
10.1 Introduction 372
10.2 Acoustic features 373
10.3 Articulatory features 374
10.4 Perceptual features 375
10.5 Distinctive features 376
10.6 Cover features 377
10.7 Abstract features 379
10.8 Accuracy and universality 380
10.9 Universal feature systems 384
10.10 Features and discreteness 385
10.11 Hierarchical organization of features 386
10.12 Feature geometry 389
10.13 Overview 391
Exercises 391
11 The Progress of Phonology 393
Introduction 393
11.1 Currents of theory 394
11.2 Phonetics and phonology before the twentieth century 397
11.3 The phoneme 399
11.4 The traditions of phonetics 400
11.5 Phonology in North America 401
11.6 The Prague School 403
11.7 Glossematics and stratificational phonology 404
11.8 Firthian prosodic phonology 406
11.9 Generative phonology 408
11.10 Natural generative phonology 410
11.11 Natural phonology 411
11.12 Autosegmental and CV phonology 413
11.13 Metrical phonology 417
11.14 Lexical phonology 419
11.15 Dependency phonology 421
11.16 Optimality theory 423
11.17 Prosodic phonology 426
11.18 Phonology in the laboratory 428
11.19 Conclusion 431
Exercises 433
Appendix 1: Phonetic Symbols 435
1.1 Vowel symbols 435
1.2 Consonant symbols 436
1.3 Diacritics and conventions for complex articulations 438
1.4 Symbols used in transcription of English 439
Appendix 2: Features 442
2.1 Jakobson and Halle's distinctive features 442
2.2 Chomsky and Halle's universal set of phonetic features 443
2.3 Ladefoged's 'Traditional Features' 444
2.4 Components in dependency phonology 446
References 447
Index 474
