Phonetics, phonology

This book provides (a) the first comprehensive description of the phonology and phonetics of Standard Mongolian, known as the Halh (Khalkha) dialect and spoken in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of the Republic of Mongolia; and (b) the first account in any language of the historical phonology of the Mongolian group of languages.

First published in 1987.

For nearly 400 years, New England has held an important place in the development of American English, and "e;New England accents"e; are very well known in the popular imagination.

This book offers a laboratory phonological analysis of the sonority hierarchy and natural classes in nasal harmony using an artificial grammar-learning paradigm.

This book offers a laboratory phonological analysis of the sonority hierarchy and natural classes in nasal harmony using an artificial grammar-learning paradigm.

This book offers the first account of Old Norse syntax for almost a hundred years and the first ever in a non-Scandinavian language.

Thinking and speaking about time is ridden with puzzles and paradoxes.

The contributions to this volume focus on the interrelation between prosody and iconicity and shed new light on the topic by enlarging the number of parameters traditionally considered, and by confronting various theoretical backgrounds.

Gegenstand dieser Arbeit ist die phonologische Entwicklung des Deutschen aus typologischer Perspektive.

Luke and the Jewish Other takes up the debated question of the orientation of Luke toward the Jewish people.

Written in a clear, approachable way, this is an accessible yet comprehensive introduction to phonetics, ideal for beginners.

An introduction to generative phonology using tools of basic set theory, logic, and combinatorics.

When it comes to language acquisition, all parents have questionsand?

The Sounds of Language is an introductory guide to the linguistic study of speech sounds, which provides uniquely balanced coverage of both phonology and phonetics.

The studies in this volume show how multilingual learners use language play in second language acquisition to internalize sets of 'voices' (rather than decontextualized linguistic systems), namely complexes of linguistic and non-linguistic features incorporating the personalities of significant others.

This book presents cutting-edge research on the production and perception of speech rhythm by speakers of English in countries where it is used as a foreign language or an institutionalised second language (also sometimes known as the Expanding and Outer Circles).

As an important introduction to the phonological history of Chinese, this title explores the phonological systems of the Chinese language and explains basic concepts, materials and methodologies.

Frontiers of Phonology is a collection of essays that present a selective overview of trends in the linguistic analysis of sound structure.

One of the basic grammatical categories in linguistics is the phonological word.

The studies in this volume show how multilingual learners use language play in second language acquisition to internalize sets of 'voices' (rather than decontextualized linguistic systems), namely complexes of linguistic and non-linguistic features incorporating the personalities of significant others.

This book provides a refreshing perspective on the description, study and representation of consonant clusters in Polish.

Explores how to disrupt banal inequalities through writing in ways which are accessible and challenge current social linguistic regimes.

This book presents cutting-edge research on the production and perception of speech rhythm by speakers of English in countries where it is used as a foreign language or an institutionalised second language (also sometimes known as the Expanding and Outer Circles).

This book argues a fresh theory about the structure of tone.

A concise introduction to the languages of mainland Southeast Asia that provides a new look at this unique area.

English Pronunciation for Speakers of Spanish fills a gaping hole in the market for books on English phonetics and pronunciation because it not only combines theoretical issues and applications to practice, but it also adopts a contrastive English-Spanish approach to better suit the needs of Spanish-speaking learners of English (SSLE), enabling them to build gradually on the knowledge gained in each chapter.

Principles of Generative Phonology is a basic, thorough introduction to phonological theory and practice.

This handbook presents the first systematic account of corpus phonology - the employment of corpora for studying speakers' and listeners' acquisition and knowledge of the sound system of their native languages and the principles underlying those systems.

This book examines the names by which we refer to the letters of the English alphabet, arguing that these letter names provide unrivalled insights into the phonological structure of English, present and past, as well as the many peculiarities of English pronunciation and spelling.

This book illustrates an approach to prosodic typology through descriptions of the intonation and the prosodic structure of thirteen typologically different languages based on the same theoretical framework, the 'autosegmental-metrical' model of intonational phonology, and the transcription system of prosody known as Tones and Break Indices (ToBI).

A revival of interest in morphology has occurred during recent years.

The reconstruction of the prosody of a dead language is, on the face of it, an almost impossible undertaking.