Sonidos en contexto: Una introducción a la fonética del español con especial referencia a la vida real

by Terrell Morgan

Catálogo de sonidos is a comprehensive, theory-independent description of Spanish phonetics and phonology for intermediate to advanced students. It provides articulatory descriptions of native pronunciations, as well as practical advice on producing native-like sounds and a logical progression of exercises leading to that end.

 

What sets this book apart from other phonetics texts is its emphasis on real-world examples of spoken Spanish, using native pronunciation modeled in natural contexts. While other available texts stress phonetic theory, this one provides hands-on activities that are entertaining, culturally framed, and relevant to students’ interests and experiences.

 

The book also includes an online instructor’s manual, as well as engaging, colorful exercises in the text, photos of realia, and a high quality and very diverse 6-hour audio program.

 

448 pages, Paperback

First published February 16, 2010

Reviews

[Benji Smith]

Best.
Phonetics.
Book.
Ever.

[Jess]

If you don't have a linguistics background, this would be kind of hard to read on your own, but as a textbook it was fairly easy to understand. I do wish the CD included a section with the sounds that correlate with the IPA symbols. It can be hard to understand what the sound is supposed to be just by reading the symbols.

Si usted no tiene un fondo de la lingüística, esto sería un poco difícil de leer por su cuenta, sino como un libro de texto era bastante fácil de entender. Deseo que el CD incluyera una sección con los sonidos que se relacionan con los símbolos del AFI. Puede ser difícil de entender lo que el sonido es sepuesto estar sólo por leer los símbolos.