Phonetics, phonology

This work, divided into two volumes, is the study of the history of words in the Austronesian (An) languages-their origin in Proto-Austronesian (PAn) or at later stages and how they developed into the forms that are attested in the current An languages.

This work provides 50,000 words of prosodically-transcribed text from a variety of sources.

The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Phonology brings together leading experts in Spanish phonology to provide a state-of-the-art survey of the field.

Offers a new model of vocal tract articulation that explains laryngeal and oral voice quality, both auditorily and visually, through language examples and familiar voices.

First published in 1980.

Originally published as the Continuum Companion to Phonology, this book offers the definitive guide to a key area of linguistic study.

This book presents a thorough investigation of the main diachronic changes that have taken place in the palatal sounds of the Romance languages, as well as their current patterns of synchronic variation.

Australian English is perhaps best known for its colourful slang, but the variety is much richer than slang alone.

An innovative and unified grammar of sentence intonation, applied to six Romance languages (French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan and Romanian).

This book is a comprehensive study on the phonetic characteristics of citation tones in Chaoshan Chinese.

This book was first published in 1954, A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles is a valuable contribution to the field of English Language and Linguistics.

This monograph, which evolved from the first linguistic dissertation to be written on Chaha (an Ethiopian Semitic language), is also the first book to deal exclusively with the phonology and morphology of the language.

This is the first comprehensive account of the phonology of Hungarian to have been published in English.

This fresh look at the philosophy of language focuses on the interface between a theory of literal meaning and pragmatics--a philosophical examination of the relationship between meaning and language use and its contexts.

This comprehensive project has the objective of describing and assessing pronunciation talent with special focus on its psychological and neural correlates.

Over the past twenty years or so, the work on Japanese within generative grammar has shifted from primarily using contemporary theory to describe Japanese to contributing directly to general theory, on top of producing extensive analyses of the language.

Written by a team of experts, this handbook provides a state-of-the-art survey of the central issues in Chinese linguistics.

This book offers contemporary perspectives on English pronunciation teaching and research in the context of increasing multilingualism and English as an international language.

The Oxford Guide to the Transeurasian Languages provides a comprehensive account of the Transeurasian languages, and is the first major reference work in the field since 1965.

The book focuses on the interaction of persons with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

This handbook presents detailed accounts of current research in all aspects of language prosody, written by leading experts from different disciplines.

A HANDY PARENT'S GUIDE THAT TURNS PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT INTO CHILD'S PLAYAre you concerned that your child is not verbalizing?

Despite earlier work by Trubetzkoy, Jakobson and Greenberg, phonological typology is often underrepresented in typology textbooks.

It has been traditional in phonetic research to characterize monophthongs using a set of static formant frequencies, i.

This book aims to provide a clear description of key aspects of English phonology in order to help teachers diagnose and prioritize problem areas in pronunciation.

This book systematically outlines the development of ancient Chinese.

A problem-based introduction to phonetics, featuring over three hundred integrated exercises to help you discover and practice the subject as you read.

The term 'Maya', in Indian traditions, refers to our sensory perception of the world and, as such, to a superficial reality (or 'un-reality') that we must look beyond to find the inner reality of things.

The book analyzes the articulatory motivation of several adaptation processes (place assimilations, blending, coarticulation) involving consecutive consonants in heterosyllabic consonant sequences within the framework of the degree of articulatory constraint model of coarticulation.

This volume provides a broad introduction to Chinese linguistics, offering an accessible synthesis of the most relevant topics in the field.

Recent years have seen a revival of interest in morphology.

On the Blunt Edge: Technology in Composition's History and Pedagogy tells the stories of composition's techno-history, from the roads of the ancient world, which allowed students to travel to school, to the audio-visual aids that populate the classrooms of the modern world.

A comprehensive survey and analysis of the structure of modern Germanic languages and dialects.

The story behind the production of Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare''s Globe in original, Shakespearian pronunciation, first published in 2005.

Why our use of language is highly creative yet also constrainedWe use words and phrases creatively to express ourselves in ever-changing contexts, readily extending language constructions in new ways.

A comprehensive overview of one of the most appliable linguistic theories available today: systemic-functional linguistics.