The Sounds of Language – An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology: Linguistics in the World

Elizabeth C. Zsiga is Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University, where she has taught undergraduate and graduate students since 1994. Her research focuses on the sound systems of diverse languages and on the intersections between phonetics and phonology. She is the author of The Phonology/Phonetics Interface and has published widely in leading scholarly journals.

Chapter 1 The Vocal Tract Chapter 2 Basics of Articulation: Manner and Place in English Chapter 3 A Tour of the Consonants Chapter 4 A Map of the Vowels Chapter 5 Anatomy, Physiology, and Gestural Coordination Chapter 6 The Physics of Sound: Pendulums, Pebbles, and Waves Chapter 7 Looking at Speech: Waveforms, Spectra, and Spectrograms Chapter 8 Speech Analysis: Under the Hood Chapter 9 Hearing and Speech Perception Chapter 10 Phonology 1: Abstraction, Contrast, Predictability Chapter 11 Phonotactics and Alternations Chapter 12 What is a Possible Language? Distinctive Features Chapter 13 Rules and Derivations in Generative Grammar Chapter 14 Constraint-based Phonology Chapter 15 Sound Structure and Word Structure: Lexical Phonology Chapter 16 Syllables and Prosodic Domains Chapter 17 Stress Chapter 18 Tone and Intonation Chapter 19 Diachronic Change Chapter 20 Sociolinguistic Variation Chapter 21 Variation and Gradience in Phonological Theory Chapter 22 Child Language Acquisition Chapter 23 Adult Language Learning