本书是国际著名语音学大师Peter Ladefoged教授撰写的语音学入门教材，重点介绍发音语音学，同时也着重介绍了如何在探讨发音的过程中入声学语音学和感知语音学方面的考察。本书自1975年初版面世以来，已历经4个版次的修订，成为使用最广、影响最大的语音学基础教材之一，此次出版的即为2006年最新修订版。书中的讲解力求简明扼要、直截了当，非常适合初学者学习。 本书配有一张多媒体光盘，里面有使用本书所需的各种图表、录音、录像以及国际音标表中所有符号的发音。光盘里还包括本书的姊妹篇Vowelsand Consonants一书的光盘内容，可供使用时参考。 ------- 目录 Preface PART I INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS CHAPTER I　ARTICULATION AND ACOUSTICS Speech Production Sound Waves 5 Places of Articulatory Gestures The Oro-Nasal Process Manners of Articulation The Waveforms of Consonants The Articulation of Vowel Sounds The Sounds of Vowels Suprasegmentals Exercises CHAPTER 2　PHONOLOGY AND PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION The Transcription of Consonants The Transcription of Vowels Consonant and Vowel Charts Phonology Exercises Performance Exercises PART II: ENGLISH PHONETICS CHAPTER 3　THE CONSONANTS OF ENGLISH Stop Consonants Fricatives Affricates Nasals Approximants Overlapping Gestures Rules for English Consonant Allophones Diacritics Exercises Performance Exercises CHAPTER 4　ENGLISH VOWELS Transcription and Phonetic Dictionaries Vowel Quality Unstressed Syllables Tense and Lax Vowels Rules for English　Vowel Allophones Exercises Performance Exerses CHAPTER　5　SENGLISH WORDS AND SENTENCES Words in Connected Speech Stress Degrees of Stress Sentence Stress Intonation Target Tones Exercises Performance Exercises PART III GENERAL PHONETICS CHAPTER 6　AIRSTREAM MECHANISMIS AND PHONATION TYPES CHAPTER 7　CONSONANTAL G ESTVERES CHAPTER 8　ACOUSTIC PHONETICR CHAPTER 9　VOWELS AND VOWEL,LIKE AB, TICULATIONS CHAPTER 10　SYLLABLES AND SUPRASEGPIENTAL FEATURES CHAPTER 11　LINGUISTIC PHONETICS Further Reading. Additional Resources Glossary Sources Index