''A Course in Phonetics'' is a textbook by

Peter Ladefoged Peter Nielsen Ladefoged ( , ; 17 September 1925 – 24 January 2006) was a British linguist and phonetician. He was Professor of Phonetics at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he taught from 1962 to 1991. His book ''A Course ...

and

Keith Allan Johnson Keith Allan Johnson (born August 14, 1958) is an American linguist and Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. From 1993 to 2005, he taught in the Department of Linguistics at Ohio State University. He is best known f ...

designed for an introductory course in

phonetics Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds, or in the case of sign languages, the equivalent aspects of sign. Linguists who specialize in studying the physical properties of speech are phoneticians. ...

Reception

The book was reviewed by

Laurie Bauer Laurence James Bauer (born 9 August 1949) is a British linguist and Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington. He is known for his expertise on morphology and word formation. Bauer was an editor of the journal '' Wo ...

, J. C. Wells,

Timothy Riney Timothy is a masculine name. It comes from the Greek name ( Timόtheos) meaning "honouring God", "in God's honour", or "honoured by God". Timothy (and its variations) is a common name in several countries. People Given name * Timothy (given name) ...

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and

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A Course in Phonetics
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