Handbook of Vowels and Vowel Disorders.

In the general study of speech and phonetics, vowels have stood in second place to consonants. But what vowels are, how they differ from one another, how they vary among speakers, and how they are subject to disorder, are questions that require a closer examination. This Handbook presents a comprehe...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Ball, Martin J.
Other Authors: Gibbon, Fiona E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:In the general study of speech and phonetics, vowels have stood in second place to consonants. But what vowels are, how they differ from one another, how they vary among speakers, and how they are subject to disorder, are questions that require a closer examination. This Handbook presents a comprehensive, cogent, and up-to-date analysis of the vowel, including its typical development in children's speech, description by perceptual and instrumental methods, cross-linguistic and sociolinguistic aspects, and disorders of its production and use. It approaches the problems of vowel.
Physical Description:1 online resource (845 pages)
ISBN:9781136246852
1136246851
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.