Phonetics, phonology

The first typological study of Afroasiatic languages.

Element Theory (ET) covers a range of approaches that consider privativity a central tenet defining the internal structure of segments.

This book provides state-of-the-art coverage of research in laboratory phonology, an interdisciplinary research perspective which brings a wide range of experimental and analytic tools to bear on the central questions of how knowledge of spoken language is structured, learned, and used.

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

One of the core challenges in linguistics is elucidating compounds-their formation as well as the reasons their structure varies between languages.

The linguistic analysis of runic inscriptions on the Continent tends to focus on individual texts or on groups of texts seen as parallel.

First published in 1984.

First published in 1995.

This monograph contains two detailed case studies dealing with the phonetics and phonology of affricates and laryngeals.

This book introduces a new topic to applied linguistics: the significance of the TESOL teacher's background as a learner and user of additional languages.

This Handbook is a comprehensive and accessible overview of how bilinguals alternate between their languages when they speak.

This volume brings together articles that are focused on segmental, syllabic and morphological aspects of creole words, thus contributing to the ongoing debates about the nature of phonology and morphology and their role in emergence and development of these languages.

Sounds Interesting explores a range of current and widely researched topics such as pronunciation, teaching, intonation, spelling, and accents.

This book investigates the phenomenon of morphological length manipulation: changes in segmental length that cannot be explained by phonological means alone but crucially rely on morphological information.

Prosody as a system of suprasegmental linguistic information such as rhythm and intonation is a prime candidate for looking at the relation between language and music in a principled way.

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

A new edition of the popular introductory text on the phonological structure of present-day English.

This Handbook is a comprehensive volume outlining the foremost issues regarding research and teaching of second language speaking, examining such diverse topics as cognitive processing, articulation, knowledge of pragmatics, instruction in sub-components of speaking (e.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of current research in African languages, drawing on insights from anthropological linguistics, typology, historical and comparative linguistics, and sociolinguistics.

This is a study of the practice of judicial summing-up to juries, and of the language of persuasion and rhetoric in the English criminal process.

This practical resource provides early years professionals and foundation teachers with games, activities and strategies to incorporate language into movement.

The sound shape of words carries meaning for its users and also bears a range of social and interactional functions.

This book explores the role of phonological templates in early language use from the perspective of usage-based phonology and exemplar models and within the larger developmental framework of Dynamic Systems Theory.

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students.

An essential stage-specific companion to Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary and Spelling Instruction This resource presents a complete curriculum of word study for students who are in the within word pattern stage of spelling development.

This revised second edition provides an introduction to the phonetics and phonology of English.

This Element connects phonetics knowledge and language teaching practice, informing effective teaching techniques and strategies.

Les auteurs tentent d’expliquer, dans un cadre pluridisciplinaire, l’expansion rapide de voilà en français aujourd’hui.

Any theory of phonology must be able to account for the acquisition and development of a phonological system, and studying acquisition often leads to reciprocal advances in the theory.

Tone is about melody and meaning, inflection is about grammar, and this book is about a bit of both.

Communicating by speech is seemingly one of the most natural activities for humans.

In the late eighteenth century Hungarian inventor Wolfgang von Kempelen, inspired by the success of his Mechanical Turk, which purported to be an automaton capable of playing chess, set out to create a machine that could actually speak, simulating the organs of speech by means of a series of bellows, pipes, and valves.

Problems and Perspectives- Studies in the Modern French Language looks at a number of interesting or problematic areas in the phonology, morphology, syntax and lexis of the French language and encourages the reader to think critically about different ways of approaching, describing and explaining these issues or data.