Fully revised and expanded, the third edition of Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics maintains a balance of accessibility and scholarly rigor to provide students with a complete introduction to the physics of speech.

• Newly updated to reflect the latest advances in the field
• Features a balanced and student-friendly approach to speech, with engaging side-bars on related topics
• Includes suggested readings and exercises designed to review and expand upon the material in each chapter, complete with selected answers
• Presents a new chapter on speech perception that addresses theoretical issues as well as practical concerns

Keith Johnson is Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the author of Quantitative Methods in Linguistics, and the 6th edition of Peter Ladefoged's A Course in Phonetics.