This accessible new textbook provides a clear and practical introduction to phonetics, the study of speech. Assuming no prior knowledge of the topic, it introduces students to the fundamental concepts in phonetic science, and equips them with the essentia

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction to speech 2. Voice 3. Place of articulation 4. Manner of articulation 5. Vowels 6. Voice II 7. Airstream mechanisms 8. Speech sounds and speech movements 9. Basic phonological concepts 10. Suprasegmentals 11. Speaker and hearer