Phonetics For Dummies, 1st Edition
$39.99
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
27 August 2013
Summary
The clear and easy way to get a handle on the science of speech
The science of how people produce and perceive speech, phonetics has an array of real-world applications, from helping engineers create an authentic sounding Irish or Canadian accent for a GPS voice, to assisting forensics investigators identifying the person whose voice was caught on tape, to helping a film actor make the transition to the stage. Phonetics is a required course among students of speech pa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781118505083 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1118505085 |
| Author: | William F. Katz |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Imprint: | For Dummies |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 27 August 2013 |
| Weight: | 499g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 188mm x 234mm |
| Series: | For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback), For Dummies |
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William F. Katz
William F. Katz, PhD, is Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas, where he teaches and directs research in linguistics, speech science, and language disorders. He has pioneered new treatments for speech loss after stroke, and he studies an unusual disorder known as “foreign accent syndrome.”
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