Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet

Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet by International Phonetic Association. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780521652360.

This book is a comprehensive guide to the International Phonetic Alphabet, widely used for over a century to transcribe the sounds of languages. The Handbook is in three parts: Part I contains an introduction to phonetic description and exemplification of the use of phonetic symbols; Part II consists of twenty-nine "Illustrations" of the application of the International Phonetic Alphabet to a range of languages; and Part III covers speech pathology, computer codings, and the history of the IPA. This is an essential reference work for phoneticians and linguists more generally.