Practical Phonetics and Phonology: * presents the essentials of the subject in a lively way whilst stressing the
day-to-day applications of phonetics and phonology
* covers all the core concepts of speech science such as: the phoneme,
syllable structure, production of speech, vowel and consonant possibilities,
glottal settings, stress, rhythm, intonation and the surprises of connected
speech
* incorporates classic readings from key names in the discipline including
David Abercrombie, David Crystal, Dennis Fry, Daniel Jones, Peter Ladefoged,
and Steven Pinker