ISBN 978-1-57473-026-5 paperback, $24.95
ISBN 978-1-57473-126-2 library binding, $64.95
Overview
This important reference presents the many phonetic symbols and symbol systems that linguists have used for the sounds of Spanish. More than 450 clear entries for symbols and diacritics describe their meanings in the RFE, IPA, and American systems, as well as less common and unconventional uses. The book includes an overview of the Spanish sound system and a helpful glossary of phonetic terms. Guide to the Phonetic Symbols of Spanish will prove invaluable for scholars and students of Spanish phonetics and phonology, and a necessary resource for linguists who encounter the abundance of phonetic symbols used for Spanish.
Guide to the Phonetic Symbols of Spanish is available in paperback and in library binding (no dust jacket).
About the author
Timothy L. Face is Associate Professor of Hispanic Linguistics at the University of Minnesota, where his research deals with Spanish phonetics and phonology. He is the author of Intonational Marking of Contrastive Focus in Madrid Spanish (2002) and The Intonation of Castilian Spanish Declaratives and Absolute Interrogatives (2008), and is the founding editor of the journal Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics.
