Phonetics, phonology

The "e;smart mobile"e; has become an essential and inseparable part of our lives.

Rhythm, intonation, exotic and familiar languages as well as computer-sythesized audio-communications, procedures in forensic linguistics, pronunciation lexicography, language change and sociological aspects of speech such as English regional accents and dialects in Britain and other parts of the world are covered in these thirty-eight articles in tribute to Professor J.

A comprehensive 2007 survey of the development and present-day features of English in Northern and the Republic of Ireland.

First published in 1994.

First published in 1994.

Assessment in Second Language Pronunciation highlights the importance of pronunciation in the assessment of second language speaking proficiency.

The ideal stage-specific companion to Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction.

The aim of this essay is to present a phonological analysis of Lushai, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Mizoram province of India, in terms of componential features applying - as mutation rules - to the morphophonological level.

A range of electronic corpora is increasingly accessible via the WWW and CD-ROM.

The Handbook of Phonological Theory, second edition offers an innovative and detailed examination of recent developments in phonology, and the implications of these within linguistic theory and related disciplines.

This study grew out of a series of lectures Jespersen gave at Columbia University in 1909-10, called "e;An Introduction to English Grammar.

This work, first published in 1995, is primarily addressed to phonologists interested in speech and to speech engineers interested in phonology, two groups of people with very different expectations about what constitutes a convincing, rigorous study.

Following the rapid growth of powerful computer hardware and sophisticated software, Chinese computing and data processing has become a very exciting field.

This book contrasts variations in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation, using as a reference for discussion the mainstream careful speech of news anchors at the national level or the equivalent type of speech: a well-educated style that nonetheless sounds natural.

The second edition of this hugely successful textbook provides comprehensive coverage of a wide range of topics in theoretical and applied linguistics.

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

English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice provides a unique introduction to basic articulatory phonetics for students of English.

This book proposes that phonological contrast, in particular the robustness of a phonemic contrast, does not depend solely on the presence of minimal pairs, but is instead affected by a set of phonetic, usage-based, and systemic factors.

This book is the first full evaluation of the Proto-Australian hypothesis, which proposes that most Australian languages have a common ancestor: Proto-Australian [PA].

Data-Driven Techniques in Speech Synthesis gives a first review of this new field.

A team of world-renowned phonologists present new perspectives on word stress, exploring stress as a phenomenon, data selection, and analysis.

Articulatory Phonetics presents a concise and non-technical introduction to the physiological processes involved in producing sounds in human speech.

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

This book contains fourteen articles that reflect current ideas on the phonology, morphology, and syntax of clitics.

Pronunciaciones del espanol es una introduccion accesible a la fonetica y la fonologia del espanol que destaca la diversidad de pronunciaciones empleadas en el mundo hispanohablante.

This second edition of this overview of research on intonational phonology includes material on research developments since the mid 1990s.

This volume explores how linguistic research can support the teaching and learning of Chinese as a second language.

This volume seeks to reevaluate the nature of tone-segment interactions in phonology.

Kelley Wingate's Grammar for grades 3-4 is designed to help students master necessary grammar skills.

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.

First published in 1967.

In this book Archibald describes two studies conducted within a parametric framework in the area of second language acquisition.

First published in 1936, this book is intended to provide an outline of Anglo-Saxon grammar for beginners, focusing on well-selected, succinctly stated rules rather than giving a detailed survey.