Phonetics in Everyday Speech

  • Publication Year: 2026
  • ISBN: 9781834410630
  • Price: $165
  • Publisher: Society Publishing
  • Binding Type: Hardcover

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Understanding how speech sounds are produced, perceived, and patterned reveals the intricate mechanics of human communication. The study of phonetics connects physical articulation with auditory perception and linguistic analysis. Phonetics in Everyday Speech introduces the physiological and acoustic principles underlying spoken language. The book discusses speech organs, sound classification, and phonetic transcription systems such as the International Phonetic Alphabet. It also explores speech variation, accent perception, and technological applications like speech synthesis. With clear explanations and realworld examples, it provides readers with a practical understanding of how phonetics operates in daily communication.

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Dr Prafull D. Kulkarni is an experienced professor of English, a recognized research supervisor, and an author of international repute. He has to his credit over twenty two books as an author, five volumes as an Editor, and over twenty international research papers on various themes of English language, literature, drama, culture, and folklore. Besides teaching language and literature courses for the past thirty years in the public universities of India and Africa, he supervises Ph.D. and M.Phil. scholars in a college affiliated to a public university in India.