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BOOK REVIEWS P. L. Marston Physics Department, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164 These reviews of books and other forms of information express the opinions of the individual reviewers and are not necessarily endorsed by the Editorial Board of this Journal. Editorial Policy: If there is a negative review, the author of the book will be given a chance to respond to the review in this section of the Journal and the reviewer will be allowed to respond to the author’s comments. [See ‘‘Book Reviews Editor’s Note,’’ J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 81, 1651 (May 1987).] PHONETICS—The Science of Speech M. J. Ball and J. Rahilly Oxford University Press, New York, 2000. vii 1239 pp. Price: $65.00 (hardcover) and $19.95 (paperback). How many textbooks are current for an introductory course on pho- netics? Answer: ten, half by Americans and half by British. ‘‘Britain and America, two great nations separated by a common language.’’ What is it that separates them? The British focus on the phonetic alphabet and how to use it; Americans focus on speech acoustic analysis and speech perception by humans and/or machines. So the Americans are more concerned with speech science. British instruction is easily applicable to many languages; American texts use primarily English examples. This British book relates well to the broader discipline of linguistics. It is an admirable tutor for learning how to make a phonetic transcription of any language. It is well organized, starting with general descriptions of vocal anatomy and sound production, progressing through consonant and vowel articulation and suprasegmentals ~prosodics!, and skill-building in phonetic transcription listing training programs that are available, then pass- ing at last to methods of acoustic analysis and speech perception. Acoustics and perception are treated only cursorily. An effective supplement to tran- scription training is Catford’s 1988 book which instructs how to recognize the details of your own articulation via 125 exercises in silent articulations! Ladefoged’s A Course in Phonetics ~3rd ed.! connects both linguistics and speech science very well, at the cost of the range of languages covered in the linguistics parts. If you use Ball and Rahilly for linguistic transcription then you could use one of the speech science tutorial books in addition, for example, John- son’s Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics ~1997!, which would be suitable for students needing acoustical and engineering connections to phonology, or Denes and Pinson’s The Speech Chain ~1993!. Catford, J. C. ~1988!. A Practical Introduction to Phonetics ~Oxford U. P., Oxford, UK!. Denes, P. B., and Pinson, E. N. ~1993!. The Speech Chain, 2nd ed. ~Free- man, New York!. Johnson, K. ~1997!. Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics ~Blackwell, Oxford, UK!. Ladefoged, P. ~1993!. A Course in Phonetics, 3rd ed. ~Harcourt Brace Jo- vanovich, New York!. J. M. PICKETT Windy Hill Lab P.O. Box 198 Surry, Maine 04684 BOOKS RECEIVED Fundamentals of Physical Acoustics. David T. Blackstock. John Wiley & Sons, 2000. 560 pp. $90.00 hc. ISBN 0471319791. Acoustic and Electromagnetic Scattering Analysis Using Discrete Sources. Adrian Doicu, Yuri Eremin, and Thomas Wriedt. Academic Press, 2000. 317 pp. $79.95 hc. ISBN 0122197402. Nonlinear Acoustics at the Turn of the Millennium: ISNA 15, 15th In- ternational Symposium AIP Conference Proceedings, 524. Werner Lauterborn and Thomas Kurz, editors. Springer Verlag, 2000. 569 pp. $185.00 hc. ISBN 1563969459. Physical Acoustics: Cumulative Subject and Author Index Including Tables and Contents Physical Acoustics, Vol. 25. R. N. Thurston and Allan D. Pierce, editors. Academic Press, 1999. 307 pp. $160.00 hc. ISBN 124779247. Structural Acoustics and Vibration. R. Ohayou and C. Soize. Academic Press, 1998. 242 pp. $74.00 hc. ISBN 0125249454. Vibrations of Shells and Rods. K. C. Le. Springer Verlag, 1999. 423 pp. $112.00 hc. ISBN 3540645160. Ultrasonic Instruments and Devices. E. P. Papadakis, editor. Academic Press, 1999. 809 pp. $99.95 pb. ISBN 0125319517. Sonics: Techniques for the Use of Sound and Ultrasound in Engineering and Science. Theodor R. Hueter and Richard H. Bolt. ASA, 2000. 456 pp. $45.00 ~ASA members $30.00! hc. ISBN 1563969556. Rarefied Gas Dynamics: From Basic Concepts to Actual Calculations. C. Cercignani. Cambridge University Press, 2000. 338 pp. $74.95 hc ~$29.95 pb!. ISBN 0521650089 hc. ~0521659922 pb!. Adaptive Structures: Dynamics and Control. Robert L. Clark, William R. Saunders, and Gary P. Gibbs. John Wiley & Sons, 1997. 464 pp. $125.00 hc. ISBN 0471122629. Signal Processing for Intelligent Sensor Systems. David C. Swanson. Marcel Dekker, 2000. 632 pp. $195.00 hc. ISBN 0824799429. Designing for Product Sound Quality. Richard H. Lyon. Marcel Dekker, 2000. 215 pp. $125.00 hc. ISBN 0824704002. Ruido: Fundamentos Y Control. Samir N. Y. Gerges. Spanish Edition. ~Florianopolis-SC-Brasil, 1998, contact [email protected].! 555 pp. ISBN 8590004601x pb. Marine Mammals and Low-Frequency Sound. National Research Coun- cil. National Academy Press, Washington DC, 2000. 160 pp. $35.00 pb. ISBN 030906886-X. Acoustic Phonetics Current Studies in Linguistics Series, No. 30. Ken- neth N. Stevens. MIT Press, 2000. 607 pp. $60.00 hc ~$35.00 pb!. ISBN 026219404X hc ~026269250-3 pb!. Coarticulation: Theory, Data, and Techniques Cambridge Studies in Speech Science and Communication. William J. Hardcastle and Nigel Hewlett, editors. Cambridge University Press, 2000. 400 pp. $64.95 hc. ISBN 0521440270. Hearing: Its Physiology and Pathophysiology. Aager R. Moller. Aca- demic Press, 2000. 515 pp. $79.95 hc. ISBN 0125042558. Fundamentals of Hearing. William A. Yost. Academic Press, 2000. 4th edition. 349 pp. $44.95 hc. ISBN 0127756957. Rhythm Perception and Production. Peter Desain and Luke Windsor, edi- tors. Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers, The Netherlands, 2000. 106 pp. $85.00 hc ISBN 9026516363. SOUNDINGS 2695 2695 J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 108 (6), December 2000 0001-4966/2000/108(6)/2695/2/$17.00 © 2000 Acoustical Society of America Redistribution subject to ASA license or copyright; see http://acousticalsociety.org/content/terms. Download to IP: 140.254.87.149 On: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 23:50:38

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BOOK REVIEWS

P. L. MarstonPhysics Department, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164

These reviews of books and other forms of information express the opinions of the individual reviewersand are not necessarily endorsed by the Editorial Board of this Journal.

Editorial Policy: If there is a negative review, the author of the book will be given a chance to respond tothe review in this section of the Journal and the reviewer will be allowed to respond to the author’scomments. [See ‘‘Book Reviews Editor’s Note,’’ J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 81, 1651 (May 1987).]

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PHONETICS—The Science of Speech

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Oxford University Press, New York, 2000.vii 1239 pp. Price: $65.00 (hardcover) and $19.95 (paperback).

How many textbooks are current for an introductory course on pnetics? Answer: ten, half by Americans and half by British. ‘‘Britain aAmerica, two great nations separated by a common language.’’ Whatthat separates them? The British focus on the phonetic alphabet and huse it; Americans focus on speech acoustic analysis and speech percby humans and/or machines. So the Americans are more concernedspeech science. British instruction is easily applicable to many languaAmerican texts use primarily English examples.

This British book relates well to the broader discipline of linguisticsis an admirable tutor for learning how to make a phonetic transcriptionany language. It is well organized, starting with general descriptionsvocal anatomy and sound production, progressing through consonanvowel articulation and suprasegmentals~prosodics!, and skill-building inphonetic transcription listing training programs that are available, then ping at last to methods of acoustic analysis and speech perception. Acouand perception are treated only cursorily. An effective supplement to tscription training is Catford’s 1988 book which instructs how to recognthe details of your own articulation via 125 exercises in silent articulatio

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Ladefoged’sA Course in Phonetics~3rd ed.! connects both linguisticsand speech science very well, at the cost of the range of languages coin the linguistics parts.

If you use Ball and Rahilly for linguistic transcription then you couuse one of the speech science tutorial books in addition, for example, Json’sAcoustic and Auditory Phonetics~1997!, which would be suitable forstudents needing acoustical and engineering connections to phonologDenes and Pinson’sThe Speech Chain~1993!.

Catford, J. C.~1988!. A Practical Introduction to Phonetics~Oxford U. P.,Oxford, UK!.

Denes, P. B., and Pinson, E. N.~1993!. The Speech Chain, 2nd ed.~Free-man, New York!.

Johnson, K.~1997!. Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics~Blackwell, Oxford,UK!.

Ladefoged, P.~1993!. A Course in Phonetics, 3rd ed.~Harcourt Brace Jo-vanovich, New York!.

J. M. PICKETTWindy Hill LabP.O. Box 198Surry, Maine 04684

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Fundamentals of Physical Acoustics.David T. Blackstock. John Wiley &Sons, 2000. 560 pp. $90.00hc. ISBN 0471319791.

Acoustic and Electromagnetic Scattering Analysis Using DiscreteSources.Adrian Doicu, Yuri Eremin, and Thomas Wriedt. AcademPress, 2000. 317 pp. $79.95hc. ISBN 0122197402.

Nonlinear Acoustics at the Turn of the Millennium: ISNA 15, 15th In-ternational Symposium „AIP Conference Proceedings, 524…. WernerLauterborn and Thomas Kurz, editors. Springer Verlag, 2000. 569$185.00hc. ISBN 1563969459.

Physical Acoustics: Cumulative Subject and Author Index IncludingTables and Contents„Physical Acoustics, Vol. 25…. R. N. Thurston andAllan D. Pierce, editors. Academic Press, 1999. 307 pp. $160.00hc. ISBN124779247.

Structural Acoustics and Vibration. R. Ohayou and C. Soize. AcademPress, 1998. 242 pp. $74.00hc. ISBN 0125249454.

Vibrations of Shells and Rods.K. C. Le. Springer Verlag, 1999. 423 pp$112.00hc. ISBN 3540645160.

Ultrasonic Instruments and Devices.E. P. Papadakis, editor. AcademPress, 1999. 809 pp. $99.95pb. ISBN 0125319517.

Sonics: Techniques for the Use of Sound and Ultrasound in Engineeringand Science.Theodor R. Hueter and Richard H. Bolt. ASA, 2000. 456 p$45.00~ASA members $30.00! hc. ISBN 1563969556.

Rarefied Gas Dynamics: From Basic Concepts to Actual Calculations.C. Cercignani. Cambridge University Press, 2000. 338 pp. $74.95hc~$29.95pb!. ISBN 0521650089hc. ~0521659922pb!.

Adaptive Structures: Dynamics and Control. Robert L. Clark, William

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R. Saunders, and Gary P. Gibbs. John Wiley & Sons, 1997. 464$125.00hc. ISBN 0471122629.

Signal Processing for Intelligent Sensor Systems.David C. Swanson.Marcel Dekker, 2000. 632 pp. $195.00hc. ISBN 0824799429.

Designing for Product Sound Quality. Richard H. Lyon. Marcel Dekker,2000. 215 pp. $125.00hc. ISBN 0824704002.

Ruido: Fundamentos Y Control. Samir N. Y. Gerges. Spanish Edition~Florianopolis-SC-Brasil, 1998, contact [email protected].! 555 pp.ISBN 8590004601xpb.

Marine Mammals and Low-Frequency Sound.National Research Council. National Academy Press, Washington DC, 2000. 160 pp. $35.00pb.ISBN 030906886-X.

Acoustic Phonetics„Current Studies in Linguistics Series, No. 30…. Ken-neth N. Stevens. MIT Press, 2000. 607 pp. $60.00hc ~$35.00pb!. ISBN026219404Xhc ~026269250-3pb!.

Coarticulation: Theory, Data, and Techniques „Cambridge Studies inSpeech Science and Communication…. William J. Hardcastle and NigelHewlett, editors. Cambridge University Press, 2000. 400 pp. $64.95hc.ISBN 0521440270.

Hearing: Its Physiology and Pathophysiology.Aager R. Moller. Aca-demic Press, 2000. 515 pp. $79.95hc. ISBN 0125042558.

Fundamentals of Hearing.William A. Yost. Academic Press, 2000. 4thedition. 349 pp. $44.95hc. ISBN 0127756957.

Rhythm Perception and Production. Peter Desain and Luke Windsor, edtors. Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers, The Netherlands, 2000. 106$85.00hc ISBN 9026516363.

2695108(6)/2695/2/$17.00 © 2000 Acoustical Society of America

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Songs, Roars, and Rituals: Communication in Birds, Mammals, andother Animals. Lesley J. Rogers and Gisela Kaplan. Harvard UniversPress, 2000. 207 pp. $29.95hc. ISBN 0674000587.

Principles of Optimal Design. Panos Y. Papalambros and DouglasWilde. Cambridge University Press, 2000. 390 pp. $120.00hc ~$44.95pb!ISBN 0521622158hc. ~0521627273pb!.

2696 J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 108, No. 6, December 2000

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Flow Measurement Handbook: Industrial Designs, Operating Prin-ciples, Performance, and Applications.Roger C. Baker. CambridgeUniversity Press, 2000. 524 pp. $110.00hc. ISBN 0521480108.

An Introduction to Turbulent Flow. Jean Mathieu and Julian Scott. Cambridge University Press, 2000. 374 pp. $90.00hc ~$39.95 pb!. ISBN0521570662~0521775388pb!.

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