This book provides a critical overview of sociophonetic research and considers how the findings of this field illuminate and problematize a range of central issues in phonetics and phonology.
This book addresses central questions in the evolution of language: where it came from; how it relates to primate communication; how and why it evolved; how it came to be culturally transmitted; and how languages diversified.
Thomas Spence (1750-1814) was a native of Newcastle upon Tyne who is best known for his political writings, and more particularly for his radical 'Plan' for social reform involving common ownership of the land.
An increasing number of historical linguists now believe that the traditional reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European stop system (*T, *D, *Dh) is likely flawed.
Second language phonology is approached in this book from the perspective of data-based studies into the English sound system as used by native and non-native speakers of the language.
Chinese Idioms provides a theoretical framework for understanding idioms in the Chinese language, tracing their origins and analyzing their linguistic evolution.
Chinese Idioms provides a theoretical framework for understanding idioms in the Chinese language, tracing their origins and analyzing their linguistic evolution.
A Systemic Functional Grammar of Cantonese adopts Systemic Functional Linguistics to describe the grammar of Cantonese, and to push the description beyond the clausal level to the discourse level.
A Systemic Functional Grammar of Cantonese adopts Systemic Functional Linguistics to describe the grammar of Cantonese, and to push the description beyond the clausal level to the discourse level.
This textbook, born from years of teaching graduate-level courses in pediatric speech sound disorders, serves as a comprehensive resource for instructors, students, and practicing speech-language pathologists.
This textbook, born from years of teaching graduate-level courses in pediatric speech sound disorders, serves as a comprehensive resource for instructors, students, and practicing speech-language pathologists.
This book examines the dynamic relationship between speech prosody and typographical features, offering a framework for understanding how different linguistic systems mediate the interactions between written and spoken language.
This book examines the dynamic relationship between speech prosody and typographical features, offering a framework for understanding how different linguistic systems mediate the interactions between written and spoken language.
Perspectivas y aplicaciones teóricas del Lenguaje, título que sirve a la presente obra de la colección de Estudios de la Maestría en Lingüística, presenta los aportes investigativos realizados por docentes, estudiantes, conferencistas y egresados del programa como un aporte a la comprensión de la lengua en diferentes contextos de usos reales.
La importancia de estas paginas radica en el conocimiento fonetico acustico sobre el uso de los alofonos y aproximantes que la sociedad chilena realiza cotidianamente, a lo largo y ancho de un Chile que ha ido cambiando desde la decada de los anos de 1970, hasta esta tercera decada del siglo XXI.