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Accents of English is about the way English is pronounced by different people in diffeent places. Volume 1 provides a synthesizing introduction, which shows how accents vary not only geographically, but also with social class, formality, sex and age.

This third edition of the classic human anatomy atlas presents a total of 534 of Netter's own accurate, clear and precisely rendered illustrations along with 8 new Netter-style, surface anatomy drawings by Carlos A.G. Machado.

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This work is designed as a reference text for teachers of singing, singers, choral conductors and organists, speech and voice therapists, laryngologists and other health professionals, psychologists and those in linguistics. The book provides a full understanding of how the voice works and the many factors involved in singing, as well as an objective discussion of singing without reference to specific techniques.

Explains the basic aspects of acoustics that are important for the study of speech. Six chapters of the 1962 edition are little changed, but the seventh is expanded to account for new insights into the nature of speech.

Now in its third edition, this is an introductory survey of the main regional and social varieties of English spoken in the British Isles. The authors discuss accent and dialect in the broader framework of language variation, including phonetic, phonological, grammatical, lexical, historical and stylistic differences. This is followed by a survey of the speech of 12 different areas of the British Isles.

Gimson's Pronunciation of English has been acknowledged as the standard description, both comprehensive and accessible, of spoken English: an essential book for anyone studying the sounds and tones of English or teaching English pronunciation and intonation to non-native speakers.

This book is a comprehensive guide to the International Phonetic Alphabet, whose aim is to provide a universally agreed system of notation for the sounds of languages, and which has been widely used for over a century. The Handbook presents the basics of phonetic analysis so that the principles underlying the Alphabet can be readily understood, and gives examples of the use of each of the phonetic symbols.

Gimson's Pronunciation of English has been acknowledged as the standard description, both comprehensive and accessible, of spoken English: an essential book for anyone studying the sounds and tones of English or teaching English pronunciation and intonation to non-native speakers.

A handbook on the application of acoustics to the audio arts. It covers terminology, theoretical concepts of acoustics, computer programs, and application of concepts to design of studio spaces, such as the home listening room, the control room, and the multi-track recording studio.

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This volume provides a complete introduction to the study of phonetics for beginning students. All the main areas within phonetic science are covered in a lively and accessible way - speech production, speech acoustics, and speech perception; segmental and suprasegmental aspects of speech; methods of phonetic transcription; and there is an introduction to modern techniques of speech imaging and modelling.

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Due for publication Oct 2005. Available on pre-order.

A text offering practical and simple help to actors, singers, public speakers and others who want to make the most of their voices, using them freely, powerfully and with pleasure.

The first half of this book provides an outline of the structure and function of a voice clinic, a review of the structure and function of the vocal tract and an outline of the most common forms of voice disorder likely to be encountered in a clinic. It also provides brief descriptions of the various forms of therapy available for the treatment of non-cancerous voice disorder and suggests appropriate treatment modalities. The second half of the book is based in science and contains an overview of the instrumentation available for the investigation and documentation of voicing.

Written by leading theatre voice and speech coaches, this volume comprises 63 articles, essays, interviews, and reviews covering a wide variety of professional concerns, including: How should an actor scream safely? What are the best ways to orchestrate violent voices? How do voice coaches fit in with fight directors? What techniques are available to re-voice violent stunt scenes on film? How accurate is staging of extreme emotion? What is often missing from portrayal of domestic violence?