John Laver: Principles of Phonetics, Cambridge University Press, 1994. xxviii+707pp.

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The writer's goal in this book is to establish a unified system for classifying aspects of phonetic production observed in the languages of the world. He emphasizes the importance of phonetic data, but he also warns that data should be handled within the framework of theory. The description is thorough and comprehensive, but the writer succeeds as well in offering the reader an analytic perspective on phonetics. This is an indispensable reference book for all students of phonetics. The section at the end of each chapter listing further reading is especially useful.