by J. D. O'Connor · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140215601
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«Phonetics» is the reference work on phonetics by J. D. O'Connor, published by Penguin Books in paperback (320 pages, in English).
It explains in a practical way how speech sounds are produced, transmitted and processed, covering articulatory, acoustic and auditory phonetics. It introduces the symbols for classifying sounds and shows how they are organized into patterns such as phonemes, with examples from English and comparative chapters on other languages, as well as their applications in language teaching and speech therapy.
The cover subtitle is «A simple and practical introduction to the nature and use of sound in language».
Intended for linguistics students and for those beginning the study of the sounds of language.
Joseph Desmond O'Connor was a British linguist and Professor of Phonetics at University College London. A festschrift in his honour, edited by Jack Windsor Lewis, was published by Routledge in 1995.
