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Linguistics

Linguistics

Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics

Keith Johnson

An introduction to the physical signal of speech and the perceptual systems that allow listeners to identify and interpret spoken sounds.

Difficulty Level
Advanced
Academic Level
Undergraduate
phoneticsacoustic phoneticsspeech perceptionlinguisticsexperimental methods

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Classic Textbook Recommendation

Citation

Johnson, K. (2011). Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics (3rd ed.). Wiley-Blackwell.

Why it belongs

Students often learn speech sounds as symbols before learning what the signal actually contains. This book connects articulation, acoustics, perception, and measurement so phonetics becomes an empirical science.

Core coverage

Study waveforms, spectra, formants, prosody, auditory categorization, and the relationship between acoustic cues and phonological contrasts.

Selection note

MIT’s Linguistic Phonetics course lists this as its textbook: MIT OCW linguistic phonetics readings.