A collection of readings and other resources for the courses on this site.
Wayland - Phonetics: A Practical Introduction
This phonetics textbook covers articulatory and acoustic phonetics as well as an introduction to digital signal processing.
Ladefoged - Elements of acoustic phonetics
Small and perfectly formed, this might be the only book on acoustic phonetics you ever need.
Ladefoged & Johnson - A course in phonetics
A complete course. Another book that would be worth reading all the way through at some point in your studies.
Johnson - Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics
A complete course. Another book that would be worth reading all the way through at some point in your studies.
Plag (2003) - Word formation in English: Chapter 1 Basic Concepts
An introductory text of word structure/morphology in English. Useful to read if you come from a non-linguistic background.
Taylor - Text-to-speech synthesis
Definitive, authoritative and comprehensive. The best available book on text-to-speech synthesis.
The handbook of phonetic sciences
A great volume of collected chapters - worth exploring if you have time.
Holmes & Holmes - Speech synthesis and recognition
This book is outdated, but some content is still a useful introduction to core ideas and algorithms, including dynamic programming.
