{"title":"Peter Ladefoged","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeter Ladefoged's works delve into the intricate world of phonetics and linguistic sounds, offering readers a deep understanding of how languages form and function. His books, such as \u003cem\u003eThe Sounds of the World's Languages\u003c\/em\u003e, serve as essential references for students and enthusiasts eager to explore the diversity of human speech.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted firmly in the \u003cstrong\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/strong\u003e category, his writings combine scholarly rigor with clear explanations, making complex concepts accessible. Readers can expect thorough analyses enriched with practical examples from languages worldwide, broadening appreciation of linguistic variety.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-sounds-of-the-worlds-languages-by-peter-ladefoged-9780631198154","title":"The Sounds of the World's Languages","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book gives a description of all the known ways in which the sounds of the world's languages differ. In doing so, it provides the empirical foundations for linguistic phonetics and phonology. Encapsulating the work of two leading figures in the field, it will be a standard work of reference for researchers in phonetics and linguistics for many years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe scope of \u003cem\u003eThe Sounds of the World's Languages\u003c\/em\u003e is truly global, with data drawn from nearly 400 languages, many of them investigated at first hand by the authors. A picture of the full range of possible contrasting phonetic categories is created by comparing families of similar sounds across many different languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSeparate chapters deal with place of articulation, stops, nasals, fricatives, laterals, rhotics, clicks, vowels, and segments with multiple articulations. Each chapter is packed with illustrations documenting the articulatory and acoustic characteristics of the sounds discussed, and serving to illustrate the application of modern experimental techniques to descriptive phonetic studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600395747564,"sku":"9780631198154","price":92.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/a0fdcd1be49ca494a8b15ef0fa3bcbc8.jpg?v=1778020452"},{"product_id":"vowels-and-consonants-by-peter-ladefoged-9781444334296","title":"Vowels and Consonants","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis popular and accessible introduction to phonetics has been fully updated for its third edition, and now includes an accompanying website with sound files, and expanded coverage of topics such as speech technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVowels and Consonants\u003c\/em\u003e describes how languages use a variety of different sounds, many of them quite unlike any that occur in well-known languages. It is written by the late Peter Ladefoged, one of the world's leading phoneticians, with updates by renowned forensic linguist, Sandra Ferrari Disner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book includes numerous revisions to the discussion of speech technology and additional updates throughout. It explores the acoustic, articulatory, and perceptual components of speech, demonstrates speech synthesis, and explains how speech recognition systems work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is supported by an accompanying website at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vowelsandconsonants3e.com\"\u003ewww.vowelsandconsonants3e.com\u003c\/a\u003e featuring additional data and recordings of the sounds of a wide variety of languages, to reinforce learning and bring the descriptions to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47601263673580,"sku":"9781444334296","price":194.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/cdf226f068b2117eac54cdef7ddb49b6.jpg?v=1778018436"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/peter-ladefoged.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}