Author : Wm G. Bennett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 28,31 MB
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1107073634
The most comprehensive work on dissimilation to date, this book surveys over 150 dissimilation patterns drawn from over 130 languages.
Author : T. Alan Hall
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 36,34 MB
Release : 1997-05-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027275939
This study investigates the phonological behavior of coronal consonants, i.e. sounds produced with the tip or blade of the tongue. The analysis draws on data from over 120 languages and dialects. A definition of coronality is proposed that rejects the current view holding that palatals are positively marked for this feature. The feature [coronal] is assumed to be privative; the natural class of noncoronals is captured with the feature [peripheral], which dominates [labial] and [velar] in feature geometry. The book contains a detailed examination of the phonological patterning of segments belonging to each of the six coronal subplaces (i.e. interdental, dental, alveolar, retroflex, palatoalveolar, and alveolopalatal). A universal set of features is posited that accounts for these facts. Inventories of coronal consonants are treated in depth and impossible contrasts are accounted for with several if-then statements. The present study also contains a lengthy analysis of the phonology of rhotic consonants. A set of features is postulated which captures natural classes involving rhotics and nonrhotic consonants and which distinguishes the various stricture types among rhotics (i.e. trill vs. tap vs. approximant).
Author : Natalie Operstein
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 17,83 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027248281
Preface & acknowledgments -- Part I. The theory: 1. Consonant prevocalization -- 2. Intrasegmental consonant structure -- 3. Related processes -- Part II. The data: 4. Front prevowels -- 5. Other prevowels -- 6. Conclusions and outlook -- References -- Appendix I: Rosapelly's vocaloid -- Appendix II: Languages in the survey
Author : Rachael-Anne Knight
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 902 pages
File Size : 23,89 MB
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1108596568
Phonetics - the study and classification of speech sounds - is a major sub-discipline of linguistics. Bringing together a team of internationally renowned phoneticians, this handbook provides comprehensive coverage of the most recent, cutting-edge work in the field, and focuses on the most widely-debated contemporary issues. Chapters are divided into five thematic areas: segmental production, prosodic production, measuring speech, audition and perception, and applications of phonetics. Each chapter presents an historical overview of the area, along with critical issues, current research and advice on the best practice for teaching phonetics to undergraduates. It brings together global perspectives, and includes examples from a wide range of languages, allowing readers to extend their knowledge beyond English. By providing both state-of-the-art research information, and an appreciation of how it can be shared with students, this handbook is essential both for academic phoneticians, and anyone with an interest in this exciting, rapidly developing field.
Author : Peter Ladefoged
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,93 MB
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 144435504X
This popular and accessible introduction to phonetics has been fully updated for its third edition, and now includes an accompanying website with sound files, and expanded coverage of topics such as speech technology. Describes how languages use a variety of different sounds, many of them quite unlike any that occur in well-known languages Written by the late Peter Ladefoged, one of the world's leading phoneticians, with updates by renowned forensic linguist, Sandra Ferrari Disner Includes numerous revisions to the discussion of speech technology and additional updates throughout the book Explores the acoustic, articulatory, and perceptual components of speech, demonstrates speech synthesis, and explains how speech recognition systems work Supported by an accompanying website at www.vowelsandconsonants3e.com featuring additional data and recordings of the sounds of a wide variety of languages, to reinforce learning and bring the descriptions to life
Author : Laurence Labrune
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 25,5 MB
Release : 2012-02-16
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0199545839
This account of the phonology of Japanese and its major dialects presents original analyses of every aspect of the Japanese sound system, including its segment inventory, prosodic units, mora and syllable, prosody, and accent.
Author : Gunnar Olafur Hansson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 49,36 MB
Release : 2010-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0520098781
A revised version of the author's 2001 doctoral dissertation.
Author : Lisa M. Lavoie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 38,81 MB
Release : 2001-01-29
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1136794026
This book is a detailed examination of the phonetics and phonology of consonant strength, drawing data from parallel acoustic and articulatory studies of English and Spanish, as well as a cross linguistic survey of lenition and fortition.
Author : Paul de Lacy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 39,40 MB
Release : 2007-02-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1139462059
Phonology - the study of how the sounds of speech are represented in our minds - is one of the core areas of linguistic theory, and is central to the study of human language. This handbook brings together the world's leading experts in phonology to present the most comprehensive and detailed overview of the field. Focusing on research and the most influential theories, the authors discuss each of the central issues in phonological theory, explore a variety of empirical phenomena, and show how phonology interacts with other aspects of language such as syntax, morphology, phonetics, and language acquisition. Providing a one-stop guide to every aspect of this important field, The Cambridge Handbook of Phonology will serve as an invaluable source of readings for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, an informative overview for linguists and a useful starting point for anyone beginning phonological research.
Author : Hiromi Otaka
Publisher : Rlpg/Galleys
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 21,71 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
"This book provides a clear account of the temporal organization of Japanese phonology, especially the phonetic and phonological nature of moras, feet, and geminate consonants in Japanese. The topics covered include pre-nasal shortening, Japanese perception of rhymes, the occurrence of geminate consonants in Japanese compounds and English loanwords, sequential voicing called rendaku, and the bilabialization of /h/ in counting words which are preceded by the numerals san (three) and yon (four)." "The underlying theme is to provide empirical evidence of whether or not the mora controls isochrony in Japanese rhythm by analyzing the results of more than twenty production and perception experiments which were conducted with a total of 960 native Japanese and English speakers. This book is suitable not only for professional linguists, but also for people who are learning Japanese as a foreign language and wish to explore various theoretical issues of Japanese phonology."--BOOK JACKET.
