Master the essentials of phonetics with ‘Fundamentals of Phonetics: A Practical Guide for Students’. This comprehensive textbook, perfect for learners at The Bookish Owl, provides a clear, systematic introduction to phonetic principles and the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Engage with in-text exercises designed to build practical phonetic transcription skills, covering consonants, vowels, connected speech, and speech sound disorders. Explore speech acoustics with a dedicated chapter on spectrograms. Learn to transcribe diverse speech patterns, including regional dialects, ethnic variations, and English as a second language. The updated 6th Edition features new content on key transcription concepts, current census data, and more, making it an indispensable resource for aspiring speech-language pathologists and linguists.