Author : Robert L. Cheng
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 31,91 MB
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3112327640
No detailed description available for "Phonological Units and the Japanese Vocabulary".
Author : Laurence Labrune
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 17,73 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 : Yoko Hasegawa
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1146 pages
File Size : 22,98 MB
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1316946525
The linguistic study of Japanese, with its rich syntactic and phonological structure, complex writing system, and diverse sociohistorical context, is a rapidly growing research area. This book, designed to serve as a concise reference for researchers interested in the Japanese language and in typological studies of language in general, explores diverse characteristics of Japanese that are particularly intriguing when compared with English and other European languages. It pays equal attention to the theoretical aspects and empirical phenomena from theory-neutral perspectives, and presents necessary theoretical terms in clear and easy language. It consists of five thematic parts including sound system and lexicon, grammatical foundation and constructions, and pragmatics/sociolinguistics topics, with chapters that survey critical discussions arising in Japanese linguistics. The Cambridge Handbook of Japanese Linguistics will be welcomed by general linguists, and students and scholars working in linguistic typology, Japanese language, Japanese linguistics and Asian Studies.
Author : Ludo Verhoeven
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,67 MB
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107479531
Around the world, children embark on learning to read in their home language or writing system. But does their specific language, and how it is written, make a difference to how they learn? How is learning to read English similar to or different from learning in other languages? Is reading alphabetic writing a different challenge from reading syllabic or logographic writing? Learning to Read across Languages and Writing Systems examines these questions across seventeen languages representing the world's different major writing systems. Each chapter highlights the key features of a specific language, exploring research on learning to read, spell, and comprehend it, and on implications for education. The editors' introduction describes the global spread of reading and provides a theoretical framework, including operating principles for learning to read. The editors' final chapter draws conclusions about cross-linguistic universal trends, and the challenges posed by specific languages and writing systems.
Author : Sachiko Kinoshita
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 29,7 MB
Release : 2004-06-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1135432201
This book showcases the advantages of masked priming as an alternative to more standard methods of studying language.
Author : Ludo Verhoeven
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 18,47 MB
Release : 2019-10-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1108428770
The first truly systematic, multi-disciplinary, and cross-linguistic study of the language and writing system factors affecting the emergence of dyslexia.
Author : Susan E. Gathercole
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 32,73 MB
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1317775287
This book evaluates the involvement of working memory in five central aspects of language processing: vocabulary acquisition, speech production, reading development, skilled reading, and comprehension. The authors draw upon experimental, neuropsychological and developmental evidence in a wide-ranging evaluation of the contribution of two components of working memory to each aspect of language. The two components are the phonological loop, which is specialised for the processing and maintenance of verbal material, and the general-purpose processing system of the central executive. A full introduction to the application of the working memory model to normal adults, neuropsychological patients and children is provided in the two opening chapters. Non-experts within this area will find these chapters particularly useful in providing a clear statement of the current theoretical and empirical status of the working memory model. Each of the following chapters examines the involvement of working memory in one specialised aspect of language processing, in each case integrating the available experimental, neuropsychological and developmental evidence. The book will therefore be of direct relevance to researchers interested in both language processing and memory. Working Memory and Language is unique in that it draws together findings from normal adults, brain-damaged patients, and children. For each of these populations, working memory involvement in language processing ranging from the speech production to comprehension are evaluated. Working Memory and Language provides a comprehensive analysis of just what roles working memory does play in the processing of language.
Author : Haruo Kubozono
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 29,55 MB
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1501500597
This volume is the first comprehensive handbook of Japanese phonetics and phonology describing the basic phonetic and phonological structures of modern Japanese with main focus on standard Tokyo Japanese. Its primary goal is to provide a comprehensive overview and descriptive generalizations of major phonetic and phonological phenomena in modern Japanese by reviewing important studies in the fields over the past century. It also presents a summary of interesting questions that remain unsolved in the literature. The volume consists of eighteen chapters in addition to an introduction to the whole volume. In addition to providing descriptive generalizations of empirical phonetic/phonological facts, this volume also aims to give an overview of major phonological theories including, but not restricted to, traditional generative phonology, lexical phonology, prosodic morphology, intonational phonology, and the more recent Optimality Theory. It also touches on theories of speech perception and production. This book serves as a comprehensive guide to Japanese phonetics and phonology for all interested in linguistics and speech sciences.
Author : Rka Benczes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 23,97 MB
Release : 2019-01-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1108491871
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Phonological motivation in language evolution and development; 3. Phonetic symbolism; 4. Onomatopoeia; 5. Rhyme and alliteration in blends and compounds; 6. Words, words, words: rhyme and repetition in multi-word expressions; 7. Conclusions: the piggy in the middle.
Author : Nobuo Masataka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 44,92 MB
Release : 2008-08-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 4431791027
Developments in cognitive science indicate that human and nonhuman primates share a range of behavioral and physiological characteristics that speak to the issue of language origins. This volume has three major themes, woven throughout the chapters. First, it is argued that scientists in animal behavior and anthropology need to move beyond theoretical debate to a more empirically focused and comparative approach to language. Second, those empirical and comparative methods are described, revealing underpinnings of language, some of which are shared by humans and other primates and others of which are unique to humans. New insights are discussed, and several hypotheses emerge concerning the evolutionary forces that led to the "design" of language. Third, evolutionary challenges that led to adaptive changes in communication over time are considered with an eye toward understanding various constraints that channeled the process.
