Routledge Language Workbooks provide absolute beginners with practicalintroductions to core areas of language study. Books in the series providecomprehensive co... » 

Routledge Language Workbooks provide absolute beginners with practicalintroductions to core areas of language study. Books in the series providecomprehensive coverage of the area as well as a basis for furtherinvestigation. Each Language Workbook guides the reader through the subjectusing handson language analysis equipping them with the basic analyticalskills needed to handle a wide range of data. Written in a clear and simplestyle with all technical concepts fully explained Language Workbooks can beused for independent study or as part of a taught class.Speech Soundshelps develop the fundamental skills of the phoneticianinvestigates the various aspects involved in the production of speech soundsuses databased material to reinforce each new conceptincludes examples from a wide range of languagesprovides dozens of exercises with solutions and crossreferencescan complement existing course or textbook material.The new edition of Speech Sounds has been revised and updated throughout andoffers a new chapter on the practical applications of phonetics includinginformation about career prospects new examples and a fully updated furtherreading section. «