A First Course of English Phonetics: Including an Explanation of the Scope of the Science of Phonetics, the Theory of Sounds a Catalogue of English Sounds and a Number of Articulation, Pronunciation a

Excerpt from A First Course of English Phonetics: Including an Explanation of the Scope of the Science of Phonetics, the Theory of Sounds a Catalogue of English Sounds and a Number of Articulation, Pronunciation and Transcription ExercisesOne of the greatest difficulties for those who take up the study of phonetics is clearly to recognize that sounds have identities Of their own as quite distinct from the letters of the conventional alphabet. For them the various sounds are abstractions, bewilderingly strange and elusive.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.