The Sounds of Japanese with Audio CD 1 Pap/Cdr Edition

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ISBN-13: 978-0521617543

ISBN-10: 0521617545

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This introduction to the sounds of Japanese is designed for English-speaking students with no prior knowledge of the language, and includes an audio CD which demonstrates the sounds and pronunciation described. It will be an invaluable resource for students of Japanese wishing to improve their pronunciation, as well as those studying Japanese linguistics. • Explains how speech sounds are produced in Japanese (articulatory phonetics), and the system of sounds in Japanese (phonology). • Covers a range of topics including vowels, consonants, syllables, accents, intonations, and phonemics. • Gives clear comparisons with English, and provides practical advice on pronunciation. • Provides a wealth of authentic Japanese examples. • Each chapter contains exercises to help students put their knowledge into practice.

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Paperback: 284 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 Pap/Cdr edition (January 12, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521617545
ISBN-13: 978-0521617543
Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.7 x 9.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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By A Customer on April 25, 2011

Format: Paperback

This is a good book for linguists and students of Japanese philology who want to explore Japanese sounds in a more technical language of phonology. I do not think it would be useful for students of Japanese who are not interested in theoretical description. I would rate this book 4 stars but the CD that come with this book is totally useless, made by people who did not know what they were doing. There is no way someone could profit using this CD.

In this series, THE SOUNDS OF CHINESE by Yen-Hwei Lin, published in 2007, is beautifully prepared in terms of recorded sounds. There are sets of words and exercises that are intelligently divided into tracks. The tracks from the CD can be easily found in the book: they are numbered and marked by a small sign of headphones. The recordings are nicely done and very useful. There are small pauses between the pronounced words. On the other hand, the CD of THE SOUNDS OF JAPANESE was prepared by someone who has absolutely no skill and professional preparation to do such job. It is possible that the author of the book is to be blamed for that, to some degree. The tracks are not composed of a set of words but (!) each word is a single track with no (!) pauses at the beginnig and the end of the word. You just open the folder with words, English and Japanese, from, e.g., chapter two and they are alphabetically arranged. You must play each word separately because the CD (or Windows Media Player) will not play more than two or three. It stops. Moreover, the words are "cut" that is, you will not hear the beginning of many words because, as I have mentions, there are no pauses and each word is a separate track. In my opinion, this CD is a piece of junk. (It should be redone as soon as possible.Read more ›

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By Motomachi on July 19, 2014

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This book was invaluable in a course I took on Japanese phonology. The author is a well-known authority on the subject and made the material very accessible. There was enough information in the beginning chapters to bring me up to speed on aspects of phonology (such labials, alveolars, voicing, nasals, fricatives, and the IPA alphabet) even though I was pretty green on the subject of linguistics. I definitely look at the way Japanese sounds are made with a more linguistically-minded view now, rather than looking at pronunciation as being a simple product of the kana syllabary.

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