Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This book is about some of the phonetic events that occur in the languages of the world. The data described consist mainly of contrasts observable at the systematic phonetic level in a wide variety of languages.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. The Phonation Process
3. The Airstream Process
4. The Oro-nasal Process
5. Places of Articulation
6. Manners of Articulation
7. Secondary Articulation
8. Vowels
9. Prosodic Features
10. Feature Systems
Bibliography
Subject Index
Language Index
Consonant Chart