Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics

The third edition of Keith Johnson's student-friendly and widely acclaimed introduction to phonetics and speech sciences is fully revised and expanded to reflect the latest advances in this rapidly developing field. Maintaining its unmatched balance of accessibility and scholarly rigor, the new edition of Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics provides students with a complete introduction to the physics of speech, enabling them to emerge with a clear conceptual understanding of speech sounds.

Johnson addresses the human auditory system, the main digital signal processing techniques used in phonetics, and new to the third edition, the theoretical issues as well as the practical concerns involved in speech perception. The most accessible introduction to the physics of speech available today, Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics includes suggested readings, engaging side-bars on related topics, and exercises designed to review and expand upon the material in each chapter, complete with selected answers.