Clinical Phonetics

by Lawrence D. Shriberg, Raymond D. Kent

A comprehensive introduction to the art and science of clinical transcription.



Clinical Phonetics was written with the belief that the clinical application of phonetics is a specialized branch of the field that requires a particular sensitivity to the challenge of transcribing speech disorders. The three primary strengths of the fourth edition of this text continue to authoritative coverage of the phonetics of American English, tested skills teaching in clinical transcription using four hours of audio examples (CDs sold separately), and the discussion of a wealth of clinically-relevant topics throughout the text and numerous appendices. Other notable features of the book are its broad coverage of phonetics, including an overview of the anatomy of speech production; phonetic symbols for consonants, vowels and diphthongs; diacritics for narrow transcription; representing suprasegmentals such as stress pattern; acoustic properties of speech; and dialect. This newly revised edition of Clinical Phonetics preserves the strengths of the earlier editions but offers significant improvements in content and style.

Genres: Linguistics

Audio CD

First published January 1, 1982

Reviews

[Shannon McLeod · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fine. A textbook.

[Leah Schmidt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh. Good for he purposes of the class but nothing to call home about!