[PDF] Ian Maddieson - Patterns of Sounds (1984)
[PDF] Ian Maddieson - Patterns of Sounds (1984)
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Cambridge Studies in Speech Science and Communication Advisory Editorial Board J. Laver (Executive editor) A. J. Fourcin J. Gilbert M. Haggard P. Ladefoged B. Lindblom J. C. Marshall. Patterns of sounds. In this series: The phonetic bases of speaker recognition Francis Nolan. ...
This book lists cross-linguistic tendencies in phonetic inventories. It's a bit old, but a good read for anyone who:
- is into Phonetics and Phonology;
- wants to analyse the underlying pressures behind phonetic inventories (e.g. "why does language A have the sound X, instead of Y?")
- is building one's one constructed language, under a naturalistic approach
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