Books about phonetics and phonology
These are more theoretical books about phonology in general
and the sounds of many languages in addition to English.
- A Course in Phonetics, Fifth Edition, Peter Ladefoged,
Thomson Wadsworth, 2006. Discusses both American and
British English. - Vowels and Consonants, Second Edition, Peter
Ladefoged, Blackwell Publishing, 2005. - English Phonetics and Phonology: A Practical Course,
Third Edition, Peter Roach, Cambridge University Press,
2000. Based mainly on British English. - Applied English Phonology, Second Edition, Mehmet
Yavaş, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. Based mainly on American
English.
Internet Links
This is not intended to be an exhaustive list—just some of my
favorites.
- Phonetics Flash Animation Project of the University of
Iowa: http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/
Includes videos and animated sagittal section diagrams
for each of the phonemes of American English, German,
and Spanish.- Website of recordings to go with Peter Ladefoged’s
Vowels and Consonants: http://
http://www.phonetics.ucla.edu/vowels/contents.html - World Atlas of Language Structures Online: http://
wals.info/ - Using Your Hands to Teach Pronunciation, a teacher
training video from Sunburst Media. See a short demo
video at http://www.sunburstmedia.com/UsgHands-
demo.html - Jazz Chants: http://jazzchants.net/home. Carolyn
Graham’s website with examples of Jazz Chants and
information and advice about using them e"ectively. - Praat: Doing phonetics by computer: http://
http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/. Download free software to
record and analyze speech. (For Mac and Windows) - Speech Analyzer by SIL International: http://
www-01.sil.org/computing/sa/index.htm. Download
free software to record and analyze speech. (Windows
only) - Teaching Pronunciation Skills: http://
teachingpronunciation.weebly.com. This is the website
that goes with my Teaching Pronunciation Skills class.
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- Website of recordings to go with Peter Ladefoged’s