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Article: House, Linda I. Introductory Phonetics and Phonology: a Workbook Approach.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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- Communication Research Trends
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- March 22, 1999
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House, Linda I. Introductory Phonetics and Phonology: A Workbook Approach. Mahwah, NJ/London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998. Pp. x, 263. ISBN 0-8058-2068-X (pb. $24.50).
Although this workbook is intended for a variety of audiences, the author has especially in mind speech and language pathologists, who, before they can identify and begin to cure pathological speech must first understand "the normal processes of how sounds are formed and their relation to language development" (p. ix).
Phonetics is defined, at the outset, as "the study of speech sounds in terms of physical and articulatory aspects" (p. 5). Phonology is defined as, "the study of the ...