THIS book forms a notable contribution to the literature on the science of speech. The first chapter exposes some current misconceptions as to the position of rest of the organs of speech. In the ...

We begin our discussion of phonetics, the study of speech sounds. The letters in a word don’t always match the sounds they represent, and people can pronounce words in different ways. We begin our ...

In a Lingua Franca post a few weeks ago, I needed to use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to represent the different pronunciations of the English word People still talk about speech sounds ...

THIS work may be regarded as a continuation of the interminable discussion regarding the functions of the cochlea, or more particularly the part of the internal ear concerned in hearing. Theories of ...