Preliminaries to Speech Analysis: The Distinctive Features and Their Correlates

By Roman Jakobson, Morris Halle, Morris Jakobson, Roman; Gunnar, C.; Fant, M. and Halle

Book Overview

This work attempts to describes the ultimate discrete components of language, their specific structure, and their articulatory, acoustic, and perceptual correlates, and surveys their utilization in the language of the world. First published in 1951, this edition contains an added paper on Tenseness and Laxness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262600013
• ISBN13: 9780262600019
• Release Date: November 1961
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.9" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher