The most up-to-date and comprehensive description of the Spanish language's phonetic and phonological system Though there has been considerable research in Spanish phonetics and phonology, until now, no in-depth and complete descriptive reference work has existed. Fonética y fonología descriptivas de la lengua española Volumes 1 and 2 is a comprehensive reference, written in Spanish, describing the phonetics and phonology of Spanish. Edited by Juana Gil Fernandez and Joaquim Llisterri, this set provides a comprehensive overview for understanding segmental and suprasegmental topics in Spanish phonology, making clear what further research is needed. The international set of contributors in this essential reference present evidence never before analyzed, introduce new theoretical concepts and issues not considered previously, extend the scope of the case studies, and organize its many subtopics, as well as suggest new topics for future research. A descriptive reference with copious figures and tables, this book is the key to the field's assumptions and a presentation of accepted research on which future scholarship is based. With state-of-the-art information on all topics related to the sounds of Spanish, Fonética y fonología descriptivas de la lengua española will be a valuable resource for researchers, students, and scholars of Spanish linguistics who wish to deepen their understanding of the phonetic and phonological characteristics of all the varieties in the Spanish language.
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Fonética y fonologia descriptivas de la lengua española is a two-volume book marked by extensive and meticulous work. No book of the genre is so comprehensive about the description of sound classes, their variation, and phonology. It is a definitive work that was born as a reference for anyone interested in studying or doing research on Spanish.
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"No book of the genre is so comprehensive about the description of sound classes, their variation, and phonology. It is a definitive work that was born as a reference for anyone interested in studying or doing research on Spanish."—Plinio A. Barbosa, professor of linguistics, University of Campinas, Brazil
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Biographical note

Juana Gil has published in Spanish phonetics and phonology, forensic phonetics and pronunciation teaching. Joaquim Llisterri teaches linguistics at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. His research and publications have focused on speech technologies, the study of phonetic transfer and the development of speech corpora.