{"product_id":"9781444334296","title":"Vowels and Consonants","description":"\u003ch1\u003eVowels and Consonants\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePeter Ladefoged | Sandra Ferrari Disner\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Linguistics \/ Phonetics \u0026amp; Phonology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis popular and accessible introduction to phonetics has been fully updated for its third edition, and now includes an accompanying website with sound files, and expanded coverage of topics such as speech technology.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes how languages use a variety of different sounds, many of them quite unlike any that occur in well-known languages\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by the late Peter Ladefoged, one of the world's leading phoneticians, with updates by renowned forensic linguist, Sandra Ferrari Disner\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes numerous revisions to the discussion of speech technology and additional updates throughout the book\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the acoustic, articulatory, and perceptual components of speech, demonstrates speech synthesis, and explains how speech recognition systems work\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSupported by an accompanying website at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vowelsandconsonants3e.com\/\"\u003ewww.vowelsandconsonants3e.com\u003c\/a\u003e featuring additional data and recordings of the sounds of a wide variety of languages, to reinforce learning and bring the descriptions to life\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003ePeter Ladefoged\u003c\/b\u003e (1925-2006) was Research Phonetician and Professor of Phonetics Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles, and was Director of the UCLA Phonetics Laboratory from 1962 to 1991 and was president of the Linguistic Society of America. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Sounds of the World's Languages\u003c\/i\u003e (with I. Maddieson, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996), \u003ci\u003ePhonetic Data Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2004), and \u003ci\u003eA Course in Phonetics, Sixth Edition\u003c\/i\u003e (with Keith Johnson, 2010).  \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eSandra Ferrari Disner \u003c\/b\u003eteaches general and forensic linguistics at the University of Southern California. She has over 25 years of experience in speech technology, having developed commercial text-to-speech and speech-recognition systems in five languages, as well as the world's first talking video games.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14 May 2012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781444334296\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315924037772,"sku":"9781444334296","price":53.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781444334296_22d235dc-1f53-4744-aeb7-27b6ab73a8fc.jpg?v=1780156638","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781444334296","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}