Phonetics For Dummies

Es bueno , pero fonética avanzada

This book is very helpful for students in phonetics classes. I got this book to help me in speech pathology school and I got more use out of it than the actual assigned textbook! I even held on to it as a reference when the class was over because it's just that handy of a book.

I think this purchase gave quite good value for the money and would recommend the book to anyone interested in phonetics, whether as someone working in relevant fields (actors, speech language pathologists, etc.) or just as someone who is curious about the basics of speech production, language change, language learning, and the way various people deal with expressing themselves in the wide variety of languages in the world. The author writes well and has organized his material well. He also writes with good but appropriate humor which, happily, facilitates his explanations of occasionally complicated matters. It's clear that he is writing for a diverse audience and some of the later chapters were clearly primed for those specialists working with people with various types of injury-based speech impediments, but even these chapters were quite interesting, and remarkably clear (for this reader, who has no background or direct knowledge of the field). If I am seemingly so high on the book (and I am) then why not five stars versus four. The answer is simply that I bought the kindle addition and, while the text and larger diagrams were clear and had no discernible problems, a number of the charts laying out portions of, for example, the International Phonetic Alphabet, were extremely difficult to make out, given the shrinking of the page necessary to fit on a Kindle screen. This factor was a bit frustrating (although readily understandable), but still didn't prevent the purchase being extremely worthwhile.

Fantastic book! For me, it's very helpful towards understanding Phonetics and the relationship to phonology. These topics are difficult and complex but this book, however you use it, will definitely make complex issues easier to understand. I intend to use this book heavily as I continue on in my studies.

It helped break down phonetics very simply and well to me when I was struggling in the class. Couldn't recommend this book more as a supplement or on its own. It was recommended to me by my professor and I couldn't be thankful enough.

Good for prepping you for a phonetics class. I bought it to prepare me for a graduate course I planned to take and I do feel like it is organized well.

It arrived with a tear on the front cover. It did not appear new.

Got this for my linguistics class. Has everything I need to get a hang of the IPA, and is in great condition

Using this book for a university course. It is a very easy read for a difficult subject.

Easy to read and understand 👌

Ich bestellte dieses Buch wegen eines Kurses in der Universität. Schon nach der ersten Unterrichtsstunde nahm ich dieses Buch zur Hilfe - und ich fand heraus, dass der Kauf definitiv kein Fehler war :) Es ist sehr gut lesbar und erklärt die wichtigsten Dinge kurz und knapp, ohne viel um den heißen Brei herum zu schreiben. Vielen Dank für dieses tolle Buch !

This book has made phonetics so easy! And you can read it real quickly! It has some subjects that I haven't touched in class (and a pair that are not as we have been learning them), so it's pretty good because you have a lot of interesting new things!

The book is great for beginners. Explanations are clear and illustrated. I am a teacher of phonetics and it really serves my students.