This comprehensive textbook explores the scientific study of speech sounds across nine major sections. Beginning with the fundamental principles of phonetic science, it examines the physiological mechanisms of speech production, including detailed coverage of the vocal tract anatomy and how it produces different sounds.The book thoroughly explores articulatory phonetics, detailing how consonants and vowels are formed through specific movements and positions of speech organs. It then transitions to acoustic phonetics, explaining how speech sounds can be analyzed as physical sound waves with...

AI and Student Learning in Emerging Higher Education Systems asks what AI actually does for students where bandwidth is scarce, classes are crowded, and policies are still forming. Blending multi-institution surveys, field experiments, learning analytics, and qualitative case studies, the book traces AI's effects on engagement, achievement, integrity, and well-being-showing when the average gain hides widening gaps, and how design can close them. Bridging learning science with policy, it introduces the ACCESS framework (Affordances, Capacity, Curriculum, Equity, Safeguards, Stakeholder voice)...