Phonetics For Dummies 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

I think this purchase gave quite good value for the money and would recommend the book to anyone interested in phonetics, whether as someone working in relevant fields (actors, speech language pathologists, etc.) or just as someone who is curious about the basics of speech production, language change, language learning, and the way various people deal with expressing themselves in the wide variety of languages in the world. The author writes well and has organized his material well. He also writes with good but appropriate humor which, happily, facilitates his explanations of occasionally complicated matters. It's clear that he is writing for a diverse audience and some of the later chapters were clearly primed for those specialists working with people with various types of injury-based speech impediments, but even these chapters were quite interesting, and remarkably clear (for this reader, who has no background or direct knowledge of the field). If I am seemingly so high on the book (and I am) then why not five stars versus four. The answer is simply that I bought the kindle addition and, while the text and larger diagrams were clear and had no discernible problems, a number of the charts laying out portions of, for example, the International Phonetic Alphabet, were extremely difficult to make out, given the shrinking of the page necessary to fit on a Kindle screen. This factor was a bit frustrating (although readily understandable), but still didn't prevent the purchase being extremely worthwhile.

This book is very helpful for students in phonetics classes. I got this book to help me in speech pathology school and I got more use out of it than the actual assigned textbook! I even held on to it as a reference when the class was over because it's just that handy of a book.

Got this for my linguistics class. Has everything I need to get a hang of the IPA, and is in great condition

It helped break down phonetics very simply and well to me when I was struggling in the class. Couldn't recommend this book more as a supplement or on its own. It was recommended to me by my professor and I couldn't be thankful enough.

I am having problems with pronouncing some words and through that (Phonetics For Dummies) could help. This book was way over the heads for dummies, more for ones that are teachers or professionals studying for their careers. This book is not a self help book for those needing help with phonetics.

Fantastic book! For me, it's very helpful towards understanding Phonetics and the relationship to phonology. These topics are difficult and complex but this book, however you use it, will definitely make complex issues easier to understand. I intend to use this book heavily as I continue on in my studies.

Good for prepping you for a phonetics class. I bought it to prepare me for a graduate course I planned to take and I do feel like it is organized well.

Helpful resource!

The book was in a very good condition and was as described on Amazon.

I hope it is a good book?! It arrived and the cover was phonetics, but the actual book was entrepreneurship. Wrong book with the phonetics cover, was not happy as I need it for my course. However amazon were quick to give me a refund.

This book got me through a very difficult phonetics exam and helped me to understand some complex concepts.

The item I received was a misprint. The cover was "Phonetics for Dummies" as intended, but the internal pages appear to be of a book entitled "Micro-entreprenuership for Dummies". Particularly disappointing as it was intended as a Christmas present.

Easy to read and understand 👌