An Introduction to English Phonetics

In the third edition of this bestselling introductory textbook, Richard Ogden presents the concepts, terminology and representations needed for understanding how English is pronounced globally. He guides you through the vocal tract, explains clearly how the sounds of speech are made, and introduces phonetic transcription and acoustic analysis.
This textbook uses naturally-occurring conversational speech throughout so you can get to know the details of everyday talk (and not just the careful...