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Book SynopsisThis is a comprehensive introduction to the study of older and present-day Scots language.Trade ReviewThis gaitherin o essays is a gey uissfu beuk for fowk mintin ti ken mair aboot the backgrun til Scots. A fine presentation of a matter of geolinguistic importance and especially the connection between identity politics and language Covers a number of topics with considerable depth and clarity A very lucid and accessible summary of the present state of knowledge and of the characteristics of this 'illustrious and malleable tongue' as R. L. Stevenson described it. This gaitherin o essays is a gey uissfu beuk for fowk mintin ti ken mair aboot the backgrun til Scots. A fine presentation of a matter of geolinguistic importance and especially the connection between identity politics and language Covers a number of topics with considerable depth and clarity A very lucid and accessible summary of the present state of knowledge and of the characteristics of this 'illustrious and malleable tongue' as R. L. Stevenson described it.Table of Contents1. A Brief History of Scots; John Corbett, J Derrick McClure, Jane Stuart-Smith; 2. Scottish Place-names; Margaret Scott; 3. Scottish Surnames; Carole Hough; 4. Studying Scots Vocabulary; Caroline Macafee; 5. Syntax and Discourse in Modern Scots; Jim Miller; 6. The Phonology of Modern Urban Scots; Jane Stuart-Smith; 7. The Phonology of Older Scots; Caroline Macafee, incorporating material from the late A.J. Aitken; 8. Corpus-based Study of Older Scots Grammar and Lexis; Anneli Meurman-Solin; 9. The Language of Older Scots Poetry; Jeremy J Smith; 10. The Language of Modern Scots Poetry; J. Derrick McClure; 11. The Scots Language Abroad; Michael Montgomery; 12. Language Planning and Modern Scots; John Corbett.

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Book SynopsisA monograph about structural entities originating in the lexicon - that is, about word structure - as well as about the structural characteristics of the lexicon as a module of formal grammar.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Noun-plus-noun compounding and the lexicon; 3. The grammar of attribution: phrase vs. compound; 4. On the interface: associative-adjective constructions and similar borderline cases; 5. The specific and the general: blocking effects and the modularization of the grammar; 6. Two modules or three? Interfaces, overlaps and the lexicon-syntax continuum.

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Book SynopsisThis book covers the historical development of the English phonological system from its earliest reconstructed and recorded forms to its most recent variations.Table of Contents1. Periods in the History of English; 2. The Phonetic and Phonological Foundations of Sound Change; 3. Some Pre-Old English Changes; 4. Consonants: the OE system; 5. Consonants: from OE to PDE; 6. The Vowels of OE; 7. Transition; 8. Vowel Quality and Quantity in EModE and Later; 9. Focus on Prosody: the Evolution of the English Stress System; 10. The Linguistic History of English Verse Forms.

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Book SynopsisA fresh alternative for describing segmental structure in phonologyTrade ReviewThis book was missing for sure. There are two major views on what sound is made of in the mind: basic building blocks are either (binary) features or unary primes that combine like colours do. Phillip Backley is an expert in the area: he has actively accompanied the unary project in Government Phonology (and sister theories) since the 80s. He now proposes a textbook that introduces to Element Theory in the best possible way: the beginner discovers the ins and outs of the unary enterprise without this requiring any prior knowledge and following a very lucid, laid-back presentation of the synopsis of a field which can only be written by somebody who has full command of the literature and its quarrels. However, the advanced reader will also discover a wealth of data that support the demonstration. The cognitive ambition of the unary project is never out of sight, and Backley admirably shows on every single occasion that the acoustic signature of Elements goes hand in hand with their identity and workings in the mind, and in grammar. There was no book that introduces to the unary project in melodic representation - now there is one, and Backley sets standards that it will be hard to supersede. -- Tobias Scheer, University of Nice and CNRS Backley's book offers perspicacious and astute insights into possible and impossible segmental systems, delivering the reader a convincing and tightly-woven integration of formal representations, acoustic properties, and crosslinguistic typology. -- Dr Andrew Nevins, Reader in Linguistics, University College London This book was missing for sure. There are two major views on what sound is made of in the mind: basic building blocks are either (binary) features or unary primes that combine like colours do. Phillip Backley is an expert in the area: he has actively accompanied the unary project in Government Phonology (and sister theories) since the 80s. He now proposes a textbook that introduces to Element Theory in the best possible way: the beginner discovers the ins and outs of the unary enterprise without this requiring any prior knowledge and following a very lucid, laid-back presentation of the synopsis of a field which can only be written by somebody who has full command of the literature and its quarrels. However, the advanced reader will also discover a wealth of data that support the demonstration. The cognitive ambition of the unary project is never out of sight, and Backley admirably shows on every single occasion that the acoustic signature of Elements goes hand in hand with their identity and workings in the mind, and in grammar. There was no book that introduces to the unary project in melodic representation - now there is one, and Backley sets standards that it will be hard to supersede. Backley's book offers perspicacious and astute insights into possible and impossible segmental systems, delivering the reader a convincing and tightly-woven integration of formal representations, acoustic properties, and crosslinguistic typology.Table of Contents1. A Theory for Elements; 2. Elements for Vowels; 3. Place Elements in Consonants; 4. Manner Elements in Consonants; 5. Further Issues: Liquids, Licensing and Antagonistic Elements

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Book SynopsisThis book is an advanced introduction to acquisition of phonology and is the first textbook on normal (non-disordered) phonological acquisition.Trade ReviewThe authors provide a data- and theory-rich overview of phonological development in child speech. The book is well-written, and its structure is clear, based on the 'nature or nurture' debate in child acquisition. -- Britta Lintfert, University of Stuttgart LINGUIST list The authors provide a data- and theory-rich overview of phonological development in child speech. The book is well-written, and its structure is clear, based on the 'nature or nurture' debate in child acquisition.Table of ContentsPreface Conventions The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) 1. Universal patterns 2. Strategies 3. Linguistic models 4. The earliest stages 5. Non-linguistic perspectives 6. Towards production 7. Patterns within patterns 8. Concluding remarks Appendix 1 Data source list for Chapter 1 Appendix 2 Some definitions References Index

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Book SynopsisThe book offers a close examination of cognition-in-interaction in three distinctive aspects: learning to teach, novice and expert teachers cognition, and interactive decision making. Book views cognition as a socially constructed and contextual process, and treats interaction as a framework that deals with psychological matters and visible way.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Chapter 1 Language teacher cognition: An overview; Chapter 2 Approaches to the study of teacher cognition; Chapter 3 Teacher cognition and Interaction; Chapter 4 Learning to teach and pre-service teacher cognition; Chapter 5 Developing expertise and in-service teacher cognition; Chapter 6 Interactive decision-making; Chapter 7 Understanding pedagogy; Chapter 8 Language teacher education.

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Book SynopsisThis classic introduction is designed for students with no previous knowledge of phonetics in linguistics, speech therapy, and modern languages. It remains one of the best descriptions of the main topics in the study of phonetics.Table of ContentsFifty years - a memoire; phonetics and phonology; phoneme - the concept and the word; segments; hylomorphic taxonomy and William Holder; Daniel Jones' teaching; RP today - its position and its prospects; the accents of standard English in Scotland; some functions of silent stress; stress and some other terms; the indication of pronunciation in reference books; phonetic iconicity in writing systems; paralanguage; encounter with aphasia.

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Book SynopsisPresenting the first comprehensive analysis of the sound patterns of a Breton variety treated in a substance-free phonological framework, this book will enhance the understanding of Celtic phonology and offers a valuable reference for postgraduate students, academics and researchers working in phonological theory and Celtic studies.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook overview of Modern Scots provides a description and analysis of the language covering lexical, phonological and structural patterns. It presents evidence for the diversity of the language through illustrations from newly collected fieldwork material.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on the resources created by the Institute of Historical Dialectology at the University of Edinburgh this volume illustrates how traditional methods of historical dialectology can benefit from new methods of data-collection to test out theoretical and empirical claims.

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Book SynopsisPresenting the first comprehensive analysis of the sound patterns of a Breton variety treated in a substance-free phonological framework, this book will enhance the understanding of Celtic phonology and offers a valuable reference for postgraduate students, academics and researchers working in phonological theory and Celtic studies.

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Book SynopsisWarren Maguire examines Mid-Ulster English as a key case of new dialect formation, considering the roles of language shift and dialect contact in its phonological development.

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Book SynopsisA new theory of the structure of phonological representations for segments and syllables

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Book SynopsisA new theory of the structure of phonological representations for segments and syllables

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Book SynopsisPlacing contemporary spoken English at the centre of phonological research, this book tackles the issue of language variation and change through a range of methodological and theoretical approaches.

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Book SynopsisTRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.

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Book SynopsisTRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.Table of ContentsToward a history of linguistic typology, E.F. Konrad Koerner; Language typology and linguistic reconstruction, Thomas V. Gamkrelidze; Typological and areal issues in reconstruction, Lyle Campbell; Diminutive plural infixation and the 'West Franconian' problem, Carl Chapman; Long syllabic consonants in Indo-European, Piotr Gasiorowski; Typology evaluation of linguistic reconstruction, Jadtanka Gvozdanovic; The typological shift to configurational syntax in European languages; Sound and typological shift - initial mutation in Celtic, Raymond Hickey. (Part contents).

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Book SynopsisThe book offers a comprehensive overview of forms of modern Irish within a general linguistic framework. Starting with information on the sociolinguistics of modern Irish and on the overall sound system of the language, it then proceeds with a tripartite division of the present-day language into northern, western and southern Irish. It gives specific information on the features of each dialect and considers many sub-divisions, using maps and tables to illustrate clearly what is the subject of discussion. There are several innovations in the book, such as a system of lexical sets which facilitate the description and analysis of variation and change in modern Irish. The data for the book stems from recordings of more than 200 speakers and all the statements made about the structure of Irish are based on native speakers' speech samples. These are supplied online with a software interface which allows users to quickly orient themselves among the varieties of Irish via clickable maps. A number of further issues are focused on in the book, such as the possibility of dialect reconstruction and the use of place-name evidence for determining the earlier distribution of Irish. Additional historical and background information is provided so that scholars and students without any previous knowledge of the language can readily grasp the themes and issues discussed.Trade Review"The book is a truly outstanding contribution. [...] We have a work of the highest quality in front of us. It should be of interest not only to Celticists and phonologists, but also to other linguists who are investigating variation in endangered languages."Andrew Carnie in: Linguist List 23.1465

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Book SynopsisThis book represents the culmination of a lifetime of research in the spoken Spanish dialects of the Americas by one of the foremost experts in this field. Based on more than sixty years of residence, travel, research, and teaching among Spanish-speaking people, Canfield's study of the phonological phenomena that have created dialects of Spanish in the Americas makes use of historical treatises, contemporary accounts, and the author's own observations. Bibliographies for each area and a main bibliography of some three hundred pertinent books and articles make this book valuable both as a text and as a reference work.

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Book Synopsis(International Journal of American Linguistics, 21: 4, Part 1, Memoir 11)

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Book SynopsisWithin the past forty years, the field of phonologya branch of linguistics that explores both the sound structures of spoken language and the analogous phonemes of sign language, as well as how these features of language are used to convey meaninghas undergone several important shifts in theory that are now part of standard practice. Drawing together contributors from a diverse array of subfields within the discipline, and honoring the pioneering work of linguist John Goldsmith, this book reflects on these shifting dynamics and their implications for future phonological work. Divided into two parts, Shaping Phonology first explores the elaboration of abstract domains (or units of analysis) that fall under the purview of phonology. These chapters reveal the increasing multidimensionality of phonological representation through such analytical approaches as autosegmental phonology and feature geometry. The second part looks at how the advent of machine learning and computational techno

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBedouin Folktales from the North of Israel is a unique and outstanding publication. Actually it includes much more than an anthology of 'folktales.' It provides the reader with almost everything needed to understand life, culture, history, and language of the Bedouin women, men, family, and tribe in Northern Israel of the last century. Folklorists used to emphasize the importance of the context. This book is, ostensibly, an exemplary contextual publication and study of a given body of folktales: the history and geography (including maps), the language – including the original Arabic texts (in transcription), their folkloristic comparative study and interpretation, as well as an array of indexes and bibliography. It puts in our hands a rare and important tool for understanding the importance not only of Bedouin folklore but also of folklore at large. In addition to its scholarly importance, this is also a collection of narratives that will be an exciting read for every person who still loves a good story. -- Eli Yassif, Emeritus in Department of Literature, Tel Aviv University, IsraelBedouin Folktales from the North of Israel is an outstanding contribution to the presently scarce fresh folktale collections from the field. Perez and Rosenhouse present a well-crafted balance between tale texts and theories advanced by scholars concerning these international tale-types. Indiana University Press is to be complimented for reviving the authentic field collection tradition. -- Hasan M. El-Shamy, Professor Emeritus, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana UniversityThis splendid collection of Bedouin folk tales combines three elements: scientific transcriptions of audio recordings of the colloquial Arabic texts; accurate translations; and an extensive discussion, with rich comparative material, of each tale. These elements fit together in the most natural fashion—all, in fact, are essential to a serious study of the subject—and yet this is, to the best of my knowledge, the very first work on Arab folklore that actually combines them. The authors are to be congratulated on a fine achievement. -- Frank H. Stewart, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, The Hebrew University of JerusalemWilliam Blake's metaphor 'to see the world in a grain of sand' acquires a new meaning in the study of Judith Rosenhouse, a linguist, and Yoel Shalom Perez, a comparative folklorist, who present with meticulous precision the performance of universally traditional tales as told by Galilean Bedouins. As two Israelis, they reveal in them the cultural bonding between Israelite and Arab traditions that go back to antiquity. -- Dan Ben-Amos, author of Folklore ConceptsWhen linguistic, dialectological and folkloristic approaches meet: 57 traditional stories recorded from Bedouins in Northern Israel (13 of them translated from Hebrew) provided in linguistic transcription, English translation, and commentaries to place the folktales within their social and historical context. This ideal interdisciplinary approach has hitherto been only rarely applied. -- Veronika Ritt-Benmimoun, University of ViennaTable of ContentsForewordTranscription and AbbreviationsPart I—Stories of love, loyalty, and devotion 1. Between the Sun and the Moon 2. The Princess on the Island 3. The Girl who Fell into a Well 4. The ā's Daughter and the Orator 5. A Woman's Loyalty 6. The King's Wife and the Poor Man 7. uā and the Queen 8. The Doe 9. The Woman from the Sea 10. The Raindrop Bubbles Will Testify a. The Man and his Neighbor b. āeq Anāf (Tasting Justice) 11. The Coffee Server 12. The Old Man and the Girl, the Old Woman and the Young Man 13. The Girl and her Brother who Became a Deer 14. Do Good and Throw it to the Sea 15. The Transposed Heads 16. The Son Who Obeyed his Mother 17. The Silent Princess and Smart Muammad 18. The Two Notes (Smart Hassan) 19. The Kidnapped Bride 20. The Prince and his Two Wives 21. In the Familya. Between a Brother and his Sister b. Between a Bride and her Mother-in-law 22. The Replaced Bride23. The Dangerous Night-Watch a. Šāer asan and his Nine Brothers b. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 24. My Mother Slew Me; My Father Ate Mea. The Green Birdb. The Yellow Cow25. The Boy, the Uncle and the Lover 26. The Inheritance CasePart II—Stories about Ġouls and Demons27. The Giant 28. Frē Rummān (Snow White) 29. The Man Who Delivered a Daughter30. The Girl and her Seven Brothers 31. The Sickle Hand32. Bells Sound a. bēna and the Jujube Treeb. The inn and the Girl in Dog Clothes33. The Golden Palm Tree34. The Children and the Ogrea. The Girls and the Ġūlab. Grē'a, mēda and daydūnc. Nu-Nē35. The Emīr's Daughter who Flew to Switzerland 36. The Golden Children a. The Three Siblings and the Talking Birdsb. The Wicked Old Womanc. The Emīr and the Slave37. The Ġūla, the Mallow Gatherer and his daughter 38. The Two Brothers and the Ġūla39. Personal Narratives about Meetings with Ġūls a. The Young Man and the Ġūlab. The Ġūla Who Posed as a Tribe Member c. The Groom and the Ġūla d. The Ġūla in the Waterhole e. Abu Xier and the Ġūla 40. The Old Woman and the ūt Part III—Animal stories41. The Man and the Wounded Snake a. The Snake Storyb. The Shepherd and the Snake 42. The Goat, the Kid and the Ġūla 43. The Lion Who Wanted to Know Man's Nature44. The Two HuntersEpilogueBedouin Dialects in the North of Israel / Judith Rosenhouse Bedouin Tribes in the Galilee—Historical and Settlement Background / Arnon MedziniMapsIndex of Tale Types Index of Motifs Narrators ListSubject IndexBibliography

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Book SynopsisThe first course book designed to engage students in the pronunciation of modern German by grounding practice in theory

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive and authoritative collection of the key readings in phonological theory. This text includes classic and contemporary readings in the main areas of phonological research, including autosegmental phonology, syllable structure, lexical phonology and metrical phonology.Trade Review"John Goldsmith's Phonological Theory: The Essential Readings gathers together influential papers from the past thirty years that articulate the questions, critiques, problems, and proposals that have led up to and inform contemporary generative phonology. It can be sued to supplement most of the textbooks available today and will be a valuable resource for the student and professional alike." Michael Kenstowicz, MIT "This collection brings together some of the most significant and influential articles in the history of modern phonological theory. Taken together, these contributions, some of which are not otherwise easily accessible, provide an historical perspective for the specialist and student alike, as well as a comprehensive statement of the issues with which our field continues to be concerned." Larry M. Hyman, University of California at Berkeley "[many of the essays in Goldsmith's book] are classics of modern phonological theory. Goldsmith is surely right in his contention that they are much better read in their original form and we have to be grateful for their reproduction here." Geoffrey Finch, Times Higher Education Supplement "this volume should solidify McMahon's reputations a one of the most inisghtful linguistic theorists currently writing." Eugene Buckley, Department of Linguistics, University of PennsylvaniaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 John Goldsmith 1 From The Sound Pattern of English: Phonetic and Phonological Representation 17 Noam Chomsky and Morris Haile 2 On the Role of Notation in Generative Phonology 22 James D. McCawey 3 From Cyclic Phonology to Lexical Phonology 34 Paul Kparsky 4 The Cycle in Phonology: Stress in Palestinian, Maltese, and Spanish 63 Miccael K. Brame 5 On Phonotactically Motivated Rules 84 Alan F. Sommerstein 6 Harmonic Phonology 91 John Goldsmith 7 Generalized Alignment 102 John J. McCartny and Alan S. Prince 8 An Overview of Autosegmental Phonology 137 John Goldsmith 9 A Prosodic Theory of Nonconcatenative Morphology 162 John J. McCartny 10 From CV Phonology: A Generative Theory of the Syllable 185 G. N. Clements and S. J. Keyser 11 The Geometry of Phonological Features 201 G. N. Clements 12 Inalterability in CV Phonology 224 Bruce Hayes 13 Prosodic Morphology (1986) 238 John J. McCartny and Alan S. Prince 14 On the Role of the Obligatory Contour Principle in Phonological Theory 289 David Odden 15 Phonology with Tiers 303 Alan S. Prince 16 Immediate Constituents of Mazateco Syllables 313 Kenneth L. Pike and Funice Victoria Pike 17 The Syllable 328 Elisabeth O. Selkirk 18 Compensatory Lengthening in Moraic Phonology 351 Bruce Hayes 19 Syllables 370 E. C. Fudge 20 On Stress and Linguistic Rhythm 392 Mark Liberman and Alan Prince 21 Relating to the Grid 405 Alan S. Prince 22 Extrametricality and English Stress 415 Bruce Hayes Index 426

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Book SynopsisIncludes eight studies, which yield insights on a range of questions relating to second-language speech acquisition and learning. This book includes a chapter, which offers an overview of second-language speech research, providing a broader scientific context for these studies and the issues they address.Table of ContentsSecond-Language Speech Research: An Introduction (Jonathan Leather). Part I: Modeling Acquisition. The Modification of Onsets in a Markedness Relationship: Testing the Interlanguage Structural Conformity Hypothesis (Robert S. Carlisle). Cantonese Speakers and the Acquisition of French Consonants (W. Cichoki, A. B. House, A. M. Kinloch, and A. C. Lister). Chronological and Stylistic Aspects of Second Language Acquisition of Consonant Clusters (Roy C. Major). The Similarity Differential Rate Hypothesis (Roy C. Major and Eunyi Kim). Segment Composition as a Factor in the Syllabification Errors of Second-Language Speakers (Ida J. Stockman and Erna Pluut). Part II: Implications for Instruction. Bimodal Speech Perception by Nature and Nonnative Speakers of English: Factors Influencing the McGurk Effect (Debra M. Hardison). Foreign Accent, Comprehensibility, and Intelligibility in the Speech of Second Language Learners (Murray J. Munro and Tracey M. Derwing). English Ambisyllabic Consonants and Half-Closed Syllables in Language Teaching (Robert L. Trammell). Index

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Book SynopsisPhonetic Data Analysis examines the procedures involved in describing the sounds of a language and illustrates the basic techniques of experimental phonetics, most of them requiring little more than a tape recorder, a video camera, and a computer. Examines the procedures involved in describing the sounds of a language and illustrates the basic techniques of experimental phonetics. Written by Peter Ladefoged, one of the world's leading phoneticians. Enables readers to work with a speaker in class or go out into the field and make their own discoveries about how the sounds of a language are made. Provides full descriptions of techniques that are readily available and do not require the resources of a major phonetics laboratory. Includes enlightening comments throughout about Ladefoged's own fieldwork experiences. Trade Review"This is a wonderful book – one we have all been waiting for, perhaps without knowing it, and one that will make us wonder how we ever did without it. I look forward to recommending it to anyone undertaking an instrumental phonetic investigation." Nina Grønnum, University of Copenhagen "Phonetic Data Analysis is one of the most useful linguistics books written in the last 25 years. With his trademark clarity of thought and expression, Peter Ladefoged has written a book that is sure to be a classic. Every field linguist should own a copy of this book. I plan to carry it with me and follow its suggestions in all my future field research in the Amazon." Dan Everett, University of Manchester "Peter Ladefoged is widely acknowledged as the world's leading phonetician. I warmly recommend this unique and remarkable new book to students and professionals interested in phonetic fieldwork or experimental phonetics. It is deeply practical and very easy to understand; it is also full of illuminating personal experience from a lifetime of investigating hundreds of languages in every inhabited continent." John Laver, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh "This is a very useful and personal book. Peter Ladefoged brings us along for a phonetic field trip where serious research is always interspersed with the joy of getting to know one another. This book will show you how to make your own palatography mirrors (ask a mirror-maker for help!) and how doing phonetics really well can make for a fascinating life." Keith Johnson, Ohio State UniversityTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. 1. Recording The Sounds Of A Language:. Deciding What To Record. Finding Speakers. Recording Systems. Making A Recording. Digital Recording. Listening To Recordings. Field Notes. Instrumental Phonetic Techniques. 2. Finding The Places Of Articulation:. Still And Video Photography. Basic Palatography. More Elaborate Palatography. Electropalatography. Further Reading. 3. Aerodynamic Investigations:. Recording Air Pressure And Airflow. Measuring Air Pressure And Airflow. Interpreting Aerodynamic Records. Quantifying Nasalization. Phonation Types. Electroglottography. Further Reading. 4. Pitch, Loudness And Length:. Pitch Analysis. Interpreting Pitch Curves. Loudness, Intensity And Stress. Waveforms And The Measurement Of Duration. Further Reading. 5. Characterizing Vowels:. Sound Spectrograms. Spectra. Vowel Charts. Nasalized Vowels. Further Reading. 6. Acoustic Analysis Of Consonants:. Waveforms, Spectrograms And Duration Measurements. Spectral Characteristics Of Nasals, Laterals, Approximants And Trills. Fricatives And Stop Bursts. Spectrograms And Place Of Articulation. Spectrograms And Articulatory Movements. Further Reading. 7. Acoustic Analysis Of Phonation Types:. Waveforms Of Different Glottal States. Spectral Characteristics Of Phonation Types. Further Reading. 8. Coda:. A General Purpose Phonetics Laboratory. More Elaborate Instrumental Phonetic Techniques. Saying Goodbye To Fieldwork. Index.

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Book SynopsisWitsuwit’en Grammar presents acoustic studies of several aspects of Witsuwit’en phonetics, including vowel quality, vowel quantity, ejectives, voice quality, and stress.Table of ContentsContentsAuthor’s noteAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsPart 1: Language and Dialect1 Witsuwit’en1.1 Geography1.2 Demographics1.3 Previous research on Witsuwit’en-Babine1.4 Witsuwit’en-U’in Wit’en dialects1.5 Witsuwit’en dialects1.6 Carrier vs. Witsuwit’en-Babine1.7 Language namePart 2: Segmental Phonetics and Phonology2 Consonant contrasts2.1 Consonant inventory2.2 Labial consonants2.3 Nasal consonants2.4 Voiced vs. voiceless fricatives2.5 Labio-velar consonants2.6 /h/2.7 V2.8 Summary3 Consonant Phonetics3.1 Ejective stops3.2 Final glottalic consonants and voice quality3.3 T- qualifier prefix3.4 Summary4 Vowel Quality4.1 Introduction4.2 Previous analyses4.3 An acoustic study of vowel quality4.4 Summary4.5 Tables of numerical results5 Vowel Quantity5.1 Introduction5.2 Reduced vs. full vowels5.3 Long full vowels5.4 / / lengthening5.5 A phonetic study of /a/, /aa/ and lengthened / /5.6 Representation of the reduced and full vowel classes5.7 Summary6 Consonant and vowel classes6.1 Laryngeal features6.2 Place features6.3 Manner features6.4 SummaryPart 3: Morphology and Phonological Structure7 Nouns7.1 Possessive prefixes7.2 Pronouns7.3 Nominal roots7.4 Compounds7.5 Plural and vocative forms7.6 Noun classes7.7 Nouns derived from other lexical categories7.8 Loan words7.9 Summary8 Postpositions8.1 Inflection for object of postposition8.2 Postposition stems: phonological properties8.3 Postposition stems: semantic properties8.4 Noun phrases containing postpositional phrases8.5 Summary9 Directional system9.1 Introduction9.2 Directional morphemes9.3 Directional words9.4 Directional adverbs vs. postpositions9.5 Co-occurrence with verb prefixes9.6 Lexical items historically derived from directional adverbs9.7 Summary10 Adjectives10.1 Predicate adjectives10.2 Nominal adjectives10.3 Post-nominal adjectives10.4 Summary11 Numbers11.1 Cardinal numbers 1-1011.2 Ordinal forms of numbers11.3 Numbers: 11+11.4 Summary12 Overview of verb structure12.1 The lexical verb12.2 Inflection12.3 Derivation12.4 Prefix order restrictions12.5 Discontinuity12.6 The verb system13 Verb roots13.1 Overview13.2 The lexical root13.3 Number13.4 Ablaut13.5 Imperative suffixation14 Verb prefix position classes14.1 Introduction14.2 Voice/valence (classifier)14.3 Inner subject14.4 Tense/negative/conjugation14.5 Qualifier14.6 Pronominal14.7 Distributive: /n/14.8 Incorporated root14.9 Inceptive /ho/14.10 Negative: /we/14.11 Multiple: /ye/14.12 Iterative: /ne/14.13 Preverb: postposition/adverbial14.14 Summary14.15 Word external verb theme forming elements15 Aspectual verb suffixation15.1 Introduction15.2 Continuative15.3 Momentaneous15.4 Persistive15.5 Distributive15.6 Conclusive15.7 Durative15.8 Repetitive15.9 Neuter15.10 Semelfactive15.11 Customary15.12 Progressive15.13 Summary of aspectual stem variation16 Verb theme categories16.1 Introduction16.2 Active vs. neuter verb themes16.3 Active verb themes16.4 Neuter verb themes16.5 Summary17 Inflectionally defective verbs17.1 Third person subject only17.2 No perfective17.3 No perfective and no positive17.4 Suppletive perfective17.5 No imperfective17.6 Imperfective negative only17.7 Imperative only17.8 No negative17.9 No tense or subject17.10 Summary18 Phonological domains18.1 Word domain18.2 Stem domain18.3 Prefix domain18.4 Conjunct domain18.5 Qualifier domain?18.6 SummaryPart 4: Suprasegmental Phonology19 Syllables19.1 Syllable types19.2 Coda consonants19.3 Word-final rhymes19.4 Onsetless syllables19.5 Consonant clusters19.6 Antigemination19.7 Syllable weight19.8 [ ] ~ 0 alternations19.9 Glides19.10 Summary20 Stress20.1 Previous analyses20.2 Word stress: qualitative observations20.3 Phonetic correlates of stress in Witsuwit’en20.4 SummaryPart 5: Prefix Case Studies21 Morpheme-specific alternation21.1 Introduction21.2 Allomorphy as output optimization21.3 Co-phonologies vs. prespecification21.4 Summary22 First person plural subject prefix22.1 Introduction22.2 Overview22.3 ___V22.4 V___.C22.5 C___.C22.6 PWd[___.C22.7 ___C.22.8 PWd[C___22.9 Second person singular object + first person plural subject22.10 Summary22.11 Cross-linguistic perspective23 Areal prefix23.1 Introduction23.2 The areal prefix in Witsuwit’en23.3 The verbal areal prefix23.4 The areal prefix with nouns, postpositions, adjectives and directional adverbs23.5 Summary24 D- voice prefix24.1 Introduction24.2 The Witsuwit’en pattern24.3 First person dual subject24.4 OT analysis24.5 Thematic and iterative D- voice24.6 D- combinations24.7 SummaryPart 6: Conclusion25 Witsuwit’en in comparative and theoretical perspectiveAppendices26 Historical phonology26.1 Consonants26.2 Reflexes of vowel initial roots26.3 Vowels27 Writing systems for Witsuwit'en-Babine27.1 Introduction27.2 G j vs. gg g27.3 Cl vs. gil27.4 Long full vowels27.5 Front vowels27.6 Uwh, eeyh vs. uh, ïh27.7 Glottalized nasals27.8 Conclusion28 Verb paradigms28.1 Imperfective and customary28.2 Perfective28.3 Future28.4 Optative28.5 Perfective negative28.6 Non-perfective negative28.7 Irregular verbs29 Texts29.1 Alfred Joseph, 1 July 9, Witsuwit'en summit29.2 Mabel Forsythe and Lillian Morris talking together, September 7ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe word ‘sibilance’ refers to pronunciations of the letter ‘s’, including the emission of a hissing or whistling sound. As the title of Sally Van Doren’s fourth collection of poetry, the word alerts readers to the sounds of language in the poems that follow in abecedarian order.Trade ReviewTactile, luminous, and original in voice, Sally Van Doren's Sibilance is a journey of the body and its elusive ache and the shape of living in the name of life itself." - Rachel Eliza Griffiths"Van Doren transports us from the inside of our own bodies to the cosmos in a single line and renders even the banalities of life with an imagery that gains in power, pulling the poems of this collection into one ecstatic dance." - Emma Sheanshang"Van Doren's trim and brisk poems display a thrilling diction at every turn. She applies wit and acuity equally to both exultation and elegy." - Chanda Feldman"Sibilance is a beautiful, propulsive excavation and magnification of life's transitions. At times heart-wrenching, Van Doren's voice is piercingly anatomical, yanking us deeper into a synesthetic understanding of colors as emotions, trees as companions, bodies as maps." - Phyllis Grant

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Book SynopsisOffers a view of the evolution of Trubetzkoy's ideas on phonology, the logic in laws of linguistic geography and relative chronology, and the breadth of his involvement with Caucasian phonology and the Finno-Ugric languages. This volume sheds light on problems that remain at the center of contemporary linguistics.Trade Review“This book is a must for anyone interested in exploring the most basic linguistic questions through the eyes of this brilliant scholar whose work is timeless. Anatoly Liberman is to be commended for providing us with this superior volume.”—Yishai Tobin, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev“This collection of Trubetzkoy’s articles and letters from widely scattered sources is an important and welcome contribution to both the history of linguistics and the advancement of current knowledge.”—Victor Friedman, University of Chicago

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Book SynopsisThoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences provides an authoritative account of the key topics in both theoretical and applied areas of speech communication, written by an international team of leading scholars and practitioners. Combines new and influential research, along with articulate overviews of the key topics in theoretical and applied areas of speech communication Accessibly structured into five major sections covering: experimental phonetics; biological perspectives; modelling speech production and perception; linguistic phonetics; and speech technology Includes nine entirely new chapters on topics such as phonetic notation and sociophonetics, speech technology, biological perspectives, and prosody A streamlined and re-oriented structure brings all contributions up-to-date with the latest research, whilst maintaining the features that made the first edition so useful Trade Review“In conclusion, the second edition of ‘The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences’ is an invaluable reference. The clarity of its explanations, its accurate and updated review of theories and methods, and its analysis of both the strengths and weaknesses of each tool at the disposal of researchers will all be of great help to scholars involved in various degrees of speech analysis." (Linguist List, 4 June 2013) Table of ContentsList of Contributors ix Preface to the Second Edition xii Introduction 1 Part I Experimental Phonetics 7 1 Laboratory Techniques for Investigating Speech Articulation 9 Maureen Stone 2 The Aerodynamics of Speech 39 Christine H. Shadle 3 Acoustic Phonetics 81 Jonathan Harrington 4 Investigating the Physiology of Laryngeal Structures 130 Hajime Hirose Part II Biological Perspectives 153 5 Organic Variation of the Vocal Apparatus 155 Janet Mackenzie Beck 6 Brain Mechanisms Underlying Speech Motor Control 202 Hermann Ackermann and Wolfram Ziegler 7 Development of Neural Control of Orofacial Movements for Speech 251 Anne Smith Part III Modeling Speech Production and Perception 297 8 Speech Acquisition 299 Barbara L. Davis 9 Coarticulation and Connected Speech Processes 316 Edda Farnetani and Daniel Recasens 10 Theories and Models of Speech Production 353 Anders Löfqvist 11 Voice Source Variation and Its Communicative Functions 378 Christer Gobl and Ailbhe Ní Chasaide 12 Articulatory–Acoustic Relations as the Basis of Distinctive Contrasts 424 Kenneth N. Stevens and Helen M. Hanson 13 Aspects of Auditory Processing Related to Speech Perception 454 Brian C. J. Moore 14 Cognitive Processes in Speech Perception 489 James M. McQueen and Anne Cutler Part IV Linguistic Phonetics 521 15 The Prosody of Speech: Timing and Rhythm 523 Janet Fletcher 16 Tone and Intonation 603 Mary E. Beckman and Jennifer J. Venditti 17 The Relation between Phonetics and Phonology 653 John J. Ohala 18 Phonetic Notation 678 John H. Esling 19 Sociophonetics 703 Paul Foulkes, James M. Scobbie, and Dominic Watt Part V Speech Technology 755 20 An Introduction to Signal Processing for Speech 757 Daniel P. W. Ellis 21 Speech Synthesis 781 Rolf Carlson and Björn Granström 22 Automatic Speech Recognition 804 Steve Renals and Simon King Index 839

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Book SynopsisThe Segment in Phonetics and Phonology unravels exactly what the segment is and on what levels it exists, approaching the study of the segment with theoretical, empirical, and methodological heterogeneity as its guiding principle.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii 1 Introduction 1Eric Raimy and Charles E. Cairns Part I Is Segmentation Real? 23 2 The Segment in Articulatory Phonology 25Carol A. Fowler 3 Beyond the Segment 44Markus A. Pöchtrager 4 A Prosodic Theory of Vocalic Contrasts 65Chris Golston and Wolfgang Kehrein 5 Segmentation and Pinky Extension in ASL Fingerspelling 103Jonathan Keane, Diane Brentari, and Jason Riggle 6 Categorical Segments, Probabilistic Models 129Kathleen Currie Hall Part II What Are the Roles of Segments in Phonology? 147 7 The Opponent Principle in RcvP: Binarity in a Unary System 149Harry van der Hulst 8 Why the Palatal Glide Is Not a Consonant in Japanese: A Dependency]based Analysis 180Kuniya Nasukawa 9 Determining Cross]Linguistic Phonological Similarity Between Segments: The Primacy of Abstract Aspects of Similarity 199Charles B. Chang 10 Contrast and Vowel Features 218San Duanmu 11 The Phonetics and Phonology of Segment Classification: A Case Study of /v/ 236Christina Bjorndahl Part III Case Studies 251 12 The Perception of Vowel Quality and Quantity by Turkish Learners of German as a Foreign Language 253Katharina Nimz 13 Compensatory Lengthening in Hungarian VnC Sequences: Phonetic or Phonological? 267Mária Gósy and Robert M. Vago 14 Pari Consonant Mutation as Defective Root Node Affixation 283Jochen Trommer 15 Templates as Affixation of Segment]sized Units: The Case of Southern Sierra Miwok 314Eva Zimmermann Index 337

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Book SynopsisThis is the first comprehensive linguistic study for 50 years of the stones from western Britain and Brittany, inscribed in the Roman and Irish Ogam alphabets. First comprehensive study for 50 years of the stones from western Britain and Brittany, inscribed in the Roman and Irish Ogam alphabets. Provides a linguistic analysis of the 370 Brittonic and Irish inscriptions. Presents new phonological evidence for the dating of the inscriptions. Trade Review"[Sims-Williams's] concern is to give due weight to all the possibilities rather than to rush into one attractive interpretation. This will make the book extremely valuable as a restraining influence on the rasher tendencies of other scholars. The Celtic Inscriptions of Britain is a major achievement in Celtic historical linguistics and will be an indispensible work of reference for many years to come." Antiquity "(Celtic Inscriptions of Britain) represents an invaluable contribution to its field." Cumbrian Medieval Celtic StudiesTable of ContentsList of Tables and Figures ix Preface xi 1 Introduction 1 2 Brittonic Phonology (1-98) 21 3 Brittonic Chronology 238 4 Irish Phonology (1-43) 296 5 Irish Chronology 322 6 Conclusion and List of Proposed Dates 351 Appendices Abbreviations and Bibliography 396 Index of Forms Discussed 421 Index of Other Forms Mentioned 439

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Book SynopsisThis revised second edition provides an introduction to the phonetics and phonology of English. It incorporates all central aspects of research in the phonology of English and involves the reader at every step, with over 80 exercises leading students to discover facts, to formulate general statements, and to apply concepts. Discusses the nature of speech and phonetic description, the principles of phonological analysis, the consonants and vowels of English and their possible sequences. Provides extensive treatment of rhythm, stress, and intonation and the role of these prosodic elements in discourse. Includes more than 80 exercises with feedback and glossary of technical terms. Incorporates developments in phonology since the first edition appeared. Trade Review"A must for the professional teacher of English as a second language and the serious student. This book offers a comprehensive snapshot of all the aspects of English sound patterns and provides a solid grounding in pronunciation." Steven Donahue, Language Magazine and Miami-Dade CollegeTable of ContentsPreface To The Second Edition. About the Book. 1. Language And Speech. Language Variation. A Very Brief History Of The English Language. Speech And Language. Phonological Analysis. Summary. Notes. 2. Sound And Voice. Hearing. Energy, Vibration, And Medium. The Measurement Of Vibrations. Figure 2.1. Exercise: Sound Waves. Resonance. Air In Motion. The Human Voice. Figure 2.2. The Vocal Cords. Figure 2.3. The Vocal Tract. Kinds Of Speech Sounds. Exercise: Classes Of Sounds And Features. Summary. Addendum: A Note On Redundancy. Exercise: Redundancy Statements. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Notes. 3. Consonants. Preliminary Exercise: Identifying Consonants By Matching. The Feature [Consonantal]. Lip Consonants (Labials). Tongue‑Tip Consonants (Apicals). Questions About Features. Tongue‑Front Consonants (Laminals). Tongue‑Back Consonants (Dorsals). Summary Chart. Questions About Feature Differences. Articulators Or Points Of Articulation?. The Feature [Lateral]. Summary. Practice With Symbols. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Notes. 4. Vowels And Glides. Preliminary Exercise. Dialect Differences. Vowel Features. A General Inventory And Particular Inventories. Phonetic Descriptions. Figure 4.1. Figure 4.2. The Vowel Inventories Of Specific Dialects. The Incidence Of Vowels. Practice With Transcription. The Glides. Practice With Phoneme Classes. Exploring Matters Of Vowel Incidence. Summary. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Notes. 5. Syllables And Stress. Syllables. Syllable Structure. Exploring Syllable Onsets. Feedback And Comment. Exploring Syllable Codas. Feedback And Comment. Strong And Weak Syllables. Exercise On Strong And Weak Syllables. Syllable Division. Suffixes And Stress. Exercise On Stress In Related Words. Compounds And Some Other Words. Exercise On Certain Word Endings. Identifying The Vowels Of Weak Syllables. Exercise And Comment: Final /-I, -U, -O/. Exercise And Comment: /-I-, -U-/ Before Vowels. Exercise And Comment: Contrast Of Schwa And /I/. Syllabic Consonants. Practice With Syllabic Consonants. Summary. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Notes. 6. Phonotactics. Word‑Initial Position. Problem: Initial Clusters. Feedback And Discussion. A Note Regarding /J/. Contrast And Variation. Word‑Final Position. Questions: Final Clusters. Feedback And Discussion. Clusters Of Three Consonants. Word‑Medial Position. Question: Medial Clusters. Practice: Dividing Into Syllables. Borrowed Words. Omission And Insertion Of A Consonant. Limits On Vowel Occurrences. Free Vowels And Checked Vowels. Investigating Some Constraints. Functional Loads. Summary. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Notes. 7. Consonant And Vowel Variation. Variation In Point Of Articulation. Questions About Apical Consonants. Questions About Dorsal Consonants. Questions About Clear And Dark /L/. An Example Of Mutual Assimilation. Variation In Lip Shape. Variation In Nasality. Questions About Nasalized Vowels. Variation In Onset And Release. Exploring Onset And Release Of Stops. Exploring Lateral And Nasal Release. Questions On The Onset Of Sonorant Consonants. Questions On The Onset And Release Of Voiced Obstruents. Experiment With Aspiration. Variation In Length. Question On A Sequence Of Two Consonants. Question On Length In Sonorants. Multiple Variation For /T/. Some Questions Of Perception. Summary. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Notes. 8. Some Consequences Of Phonotactics. Consonant Clusters And Some Grammatical Suffixes. Exploration: Regular Past Tense. Exploration: Regular Plural Number. Question: Possessive. Question: 3rd Person Present. Questions: Reduced 'Is' And 'Has'. Feedback And Discussion. Question: Generative Treatment Of Past Tense Morpheme. Exercise: Final Clusters. Morpheme Variation. Practice: Bases In –CI. Practice: Bases In –Cl. Questions: Bases In –Mn. Differences In Morpheme Division. Summary. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Notes. 9. The Rhythm Of English Speech. Prosody. Tone Units. Practice: Dividing An Utterance Into Tone Units. Stress Timing. Marked Accent: Paradigmatic Focus. Practice: Sentences Accented Differently. Marked Accent: Syntagmatic Focus. Exploration: Placing Accent In A Dialog. Feedback And Discussion. A Note On 'Too' And 'Either'. De‑Accenting: Anaphoric Words. Lexical Anaphora. De‑Accenting To Embed An Additional Message. Exploration: Differences Of De-Accenting. Practice: Creating Different Dialogs. Accent On Operators. Summary. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. 10. Intonation. Intonation And Perception. The Falling Tunes. The Rising Tunes. Comparisons. Compound Tunes. Practice: Utterances That Differ In Tune. Summary. Additional Practice; Three Dialogs. Feedback. Notes. 11. Predicting Word Stress. Is Stress Predictable?. Stress Rules. Neutral Suffixes. Tonic Endings. The Basic Stress Rule For Verbs. Exercise With Verbs. The Basic Stress Rule For Nouns. Exercise With Nouns. Rules For Adjectives. Exercise With Adjectives. Question. Extending The Basic Stress Rules. Discovery Exercise. Practice. Some Variations In Stress. Questions. What Do You Say?. Mixed Endings. Some 'Special' Endings. Question. Practice. Exercise. Formulate The Rule. Summary. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Notes. 12. Prefixes, Compound Words, And Phrases. Compounds. Practice: Compound Nouns. Practice: Compound Verbs, Nouns, And Adverbs. Practice Trees. Compounds And Phrases. Practice: Compounds And Phrases. What Do You Say?. Compound Verbs. Prefixes. Questions: Stress In Verbs. Exploration: Stress In Related Verbs And Nouns. Greek‑Type Compounds. Question. A Rhythm Rule. Summary. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Notes. 13. Phonological Processes In Speech. Full Forms And Reduced Forms. Auxiliaries Or Operators Like Can. Pronouns Like You. Question. Prepositions Like To. Questions. Determiners Like Some. Conjunctions Like And. Miscellaneous. Chart 13. Exploration: Homophones?. More About Phonological Processes. Exploration. Questions. Summary. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Notes. 14. Phonological Processes And The Lexicon. Words And Morphemes That Change. Underlying Forms And Lexical Processes. Checked Vowel Reduction. Palatalization. Practice. Alternation With Zero. Problem. Spirantization. Exercises. Velar Softening. Practice. The Sequence Of Rules. Problem. Change In Voice. Questions. The Vowel Shift Rule. Practice. Free And Checked Vowels. Practice. More About Augments. Exercise. Applications. Practice. Summary. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Feedback. Notes. Appendix. A List Of Word‑Endings And Their Effects On Stress:. Neutral Suffixes. Tonic Endings. Heavy Endings. Light Endings. Posttonic Suffixes. Some Special Suffixes. Glossary. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis revised second edition provides an introduction to the phonetics and phonology of English. It incorporates all central aspects of research in the phonology of English and involves the reader at every step, with over 80 exercises leading students to discover facts, to formulate general statements, and to apply concepts. Discusses the nature of speech and phonetic description, the principles of phonological analysis, the consonants and vowels of English and their possible sequences. Provides extensive treatment of rhythm, stress, and intonation and the role of these prosodic elements in discourse. Includes more than 80 exercises with feedback and glossary of technical terms. Incorporates developments in phonology since the first edition appeared. Trade Review"A must for the professional teacher of English as a second language and the serious student. This book offers a comprehensive snapshot of all the aspects of English sound patterns and provides a solid grounding in pronunciation." Steven Donahue, Language Magazine and Miami-Dade CollegeTable of ContentsPreface to the second edition xiv About the book xv 1 Language and speech 1 2 Sound … and voice 13 3 Consonants 30 4 Vowels and Glides 45 5 Syllables and Stress 68 6 Phonotactics 88 7 Consonant and Vowel Variation 108 8 Some consequences of Phonotactics 124 9 The Rhythm of English Speech 140 10 Intonation 163 11 Predicting word stress 179 12 Prefixes, compound words, and phrases 200 13 Phonological processes in speech 223 14 Phonological processes and the lexicon 242 Appendix a list of word‑endings and their effects on stress: 273 Glossary of technical terms 284 Bibliography 296 Index 303

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Book SynopsisThe Phonetic Analysis of Speech Corpora introduces methods of analyzing phonetically-labelled speech corpora, with the goal of testing hypotheses that often arise in experimental phonetics and laboratory phonology. Each chapter has an extensive set of exercises, with answers to reinforce the techniques introduced.Trade Review"The book undoubtedly succeeds entirely in its goal to provide an accessible and effective practical introduction to using Emu speech database system and Emu-R functions to analyze phonetic data. It is written in a clear and accessible language and the topics are introduced in a coherent and easy to follow manner with the complexity of the material gradually increasing from the beginning towards the end of the book. Even rather complicated concepts are made easy to understand with an exceptional use of analogy and a commendable restraint from going into too many mathematical and technical details...this is a well-written, well-structured, easy-to-follow workbook which boasts an excellent set of practical exercises and demonstrations and covers a wide range of techniques. Overall, those readers who have a basic background in phonetics and statistics and are prepared to work their way carefully through this book will be greatly rewarded with its informativeness and effectiveness." (LINGUIST List, January 2011) Table of ContentsRelationship between Machine Readable (MRPA) and International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for Australian English. Relationship between Machine Readable (MRPA) and International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for German. Downloadable Speech Databases Used in this Book. Preface. Notes on Downloading Software. 1. Using Speech Corpora in Phonetics Research. 1.1 The Place of Corpora in the Phonetic Analysis of Speech. 1.2 Existing Speech Corpora for Phonetic Analysis. 1.3 Designing Your Own Corpus. 1.4 Summary and Structure of the Book. 2. Some Tools for Building and Querying Annotated Speech Databases. 2.1 Overview. 2.2 Getting Started with Existing Speech Databases. 2.3 Interface between Praat and Emu. 2.4 Interface to R. 2.5 Creating a New Speech Database: From Praat to Emu to R. 2.6 A First Look at the Template File. 2.7 Summary. 2.8 Questions. 3. Applying Routines for Speech Signal Processing. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Calculating, Displaying, and Correcting Formants. 3.3 Reading the Formants into R. 3.4 Summary. 3.5 Questions. 3.6 Answers. 4. Querying Annotation Structures. 4.1 The Emu Query Tool, Segment Tiers, and Event Tiers. 4.2 Extending the Range of Queries: Annotations from the Same Tier. 4.3 Inter-tier Links and Queries. 4.4 Entering Structured Annotations with Emu. 4.5 Conversion of a Structured Annotation to a Praat TextGrid. 4.6 Graphical User Interface to the Emu Query Language. 4.7 Re-querying Segment Lists. 4.8 Building Annotation Structures Semi-automatically with Emu-Tcl. 4.9 Branching Paths. 4.10 Summary. 4.11 Questions. 4.12 Answers. 5. An Introduction to Speech Data Analysis in R: A Study of an EMA Database. 5.1 EMA Recordings and the ema5 Database. 5.2 Handling Segment Lists and Vectors in Emu-R. 5.3 An Analysis of Voice-Onset Time. 5.4 Intergestural Coordination and Ensemble Plots. 5.5 Intragestural Analysis. 5.6 Summary. 5.7 Questions. 5.8 Answers. 6. Analysis of Formants and Formant Transitions. 6.1 Vowel Ellipses in the F2ÍF1 Plane. 6.2 Outliers. 6.3 Vowel Targets. 6.4 Vowel Normalization. 6.5 Euclidean Distances. 6.6 Vowel Undershoot and Formant Smoothing. 6.7 F2 Locus, Place of Articulation, and Variability. 6.8 Questions. 6.9 Answers. 7. Electropalatography. 7.1 Palatography and Electropalatography. 7.2 An Overview of Electropalatography in Emu-R. 7.3 EPG Data-Reduced Objects. 7.4 Analysis of EPG Data. 7.5 Summary. 7.6 Questions. 7.7 Answers. 8. Spectral Analysis. 8.1 Background to Spectral Analysis. 8.2 Spectral Average, Sum, Ratio, Difference, Slope. 8.3 Spectral Moments. 8.4 The Discrete Cosine Transformation. 8.5 Questions. 8.6 Answers. 9. Classification. 9.1 Probability and Bayes’ Theorem. 9.2 Classification: Continuous Data. 9.3 Calculating Conditional Probabilities. 9.4 Calculating Posterior Probabilities. 9.5 Two Parameters: The Bivariate Normal Distribution and Ellipses. 9.6 Classification in Two Dimensions. 9.7 Classifications in Higher Dimensional Spaces. 9.8 Classifications in Time. 9.9 Support Vector Machines. 9.10 Summary. 9.11 Questions. 9.12 Answers. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences provides an authoritative account of the key topics in both theoretical and applied areas of speech communication, written by an international team of leading scholars and practitioners. Combines new and influential research, along with articulate overviews of the key topics in theoretical and applied areas of speech communication Accessibly structured into five major sections covering: experimental phonetics; biological perspectives; modelling speech production and perception; linguistic phonetics; and speech technology Includes nine entirely new chapters on topics such as phonetic notation and sociophonetics, speech technology, biological perspectives, and prosody A streamlined and re-oriented structure brings all contributions up-to-date with the latest research, whilst maintaining the features that made the first edition so useful Trade Review“In conclusion, the second edition of ‘The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences’ is an invaluable reference. The clarity of its explanations, its accurate and updated review of theories and methods, and its analysis of both the strengths and weaknesses of each tool at the disposal of researchers will all be of great help to scholars involved in various degrees of speech analysis." (Linguist List, 4 June 2013) Table of ContentsList of contributors ix Preface to the Second Edition xii Introduction 1 Part I Experimental Phonetics 7 1 Laboratory Techniques for Investigating Speech Articulation 9Maureen Stone 2 The Aerodynamics of Speech 39Christine H. Shadle 3 Acoustic Phonetics 81Jonathan Harrington 4 Investigating the Physiology of Laryngeal Structures 130Hajime Hirose Part II Biological Perspectives 153 5 Organic Variation of the Vocal Apparatus 155Janet Mackenzie Beck 6 Brain Mechanisms Underlying Speech Motor Control 202Hermann Ackermann and Wolfram Ziegler 7 Development of Neural Control of Orofacial Movements for Speech 251Anne Smith Part III Modeling Speech Production and Perception 297 8 Speech Acquisition 299Barbara L. Davis 9 Coarticulation and Connected Speech Processes 316Edda Farnetani and Daniel Recasens 10 Theories and Models of Speech Production 353Anders Löfqvist 11 Voice Source Variation and Its Communicative Functions 378Christer Gobl and Ailbhe Ní Chasaide 12 Articulatory–Acoustic Relations as the Basis of Distinctive Contrasts 424Kenneth N. Stevens and Helen M. Hanson 13 Aspects of Auditory Processing Related to Speech Perception 454Brian C. J. Moore 14 Cognitive Processes in Speech Perception 489James M. McQueen and Anne Cutler Part IV Linguistic Phonetics 521 15 The Prosody of Speech: Timing and Rhythm 523Janet Fletcher 16 Tone and Intonation 603Mary E. Beckman and Jennifer J. Venditti 17 The Relation between Phonetics and Phonology 653John J. Ohala 18 Phonetic Notation 678John H. Esling 19 Sociophonetics 703Paul Foulkes, James M. Scobbie, and Dominic Watt Part V Speech Technology 755 20 An Introduction to Signal Processing for Speech 757Daniel P. W. Ellis 21 Speech Synthesis 781Rolf Carlson and Björn Granström 22 Automatic Speech Recognition 804Steve Renals and Simon King Index 839

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