Phonetics, phonology

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.

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

An original new perspective on the shared history of Burmese, Chinese, and Tibetan, with a particular focus on their phonological development.

With contributions from world-renowned authors, this Handbook provides a state-of-the-art survey of the many subdisciplines of phonetics.

Australian English Pronunciation and Transcription is an essential resource, giving instruction in both phonetic and phonemic transcription.

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

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

Australian English Pronunciation and Transcription is an essential resource, giving instruction in both phonetic and phonemic transcription.

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

The interrelationship between three major quantity changes in the history of the Germanic languages: gemination, lenition, and open syllable lengthening.

An accessible and comprehensive breakdown of how speech is produced, acoustically-transmitted, analyzed, and interpreted by the human brain.

An accessible and comprehensive breakdown of how speech is produced, acoustically-transmitted, analyzed, and interpreted by the human brain.

An intelligibility-based approach to teaching that presents pronunciation as critical, yet neglected, in communicative language teaching.

Explores how humor can be explained across the various sub-disciplines of linguistics, in order to aid communication.

This book takes the reader on a journey through the structure of everyday spoken English, providing a fresh look at the relation between language and the mind.

An intelligibility-based approach to teaching that presents pronunciation as critical, yet neglected, in communicative language teaching.

Explores how humor can be explained across the various sub-disciplines of linguistics, in order to aid communication.

This unique book examines how children learn to read across seventeen languages and their orthographies.

An accessible, up-to-date account of the major changes in English syntax since its beginnings up to the present day.

This unique book examines how children learn to read across seventeen languages and their orthographies.

An accessible, up-to-date account of the major changes in English syntax since its beginnings up to the present day.

This book argues that ideophones provide the ''missing link'' in our knowledge of how communication has evolved to become the spoken language of today.

Leading researchers shed new light on the history of the standardisation of English.

This accessible textbook provides a clear introduction to the sounds of Spanish.

This accessible textbook provides a clear introduction to the sounds of Spanish.

This thoroughly revised edition provides a clear and practical introduction to phonology, the study of sound patterns in language.

This book presents the theory of output-driven maps and provides fresh perspectives in an accessible way for students and researchers.

This thoroughly revised edition provides a clear and practical introduction to phonology, the study of sound patterns in language.

This book presents the theory of output-driven maps and provides fresh perspectives in an accessible way for students and researchers.

This volume brings classic texts from the last thirty years together with contemporary, cutting-edge perspectives on child language.

This volume brings classic texts from the last thirty years together with contemporary, cutting-edge perspectives on child language.

This textbook shows students how to analyze phonological problems with a focus on practical tools, methodology and step-by-step instructions.

This textbook shows students how to analyze phonological problems with a focus on practical tools, methodology and step-by-step instructions.

An essential, comprehensive guide to the International Phonetic Alphabet, for phoneticians and others concerned with speech.

An essential, comprehensive guide to the International Phonetic Alphabet, for phoneticians and others concerned with speech.

Written by the world''s leading expert on Hausa, this book provides a lucid and comprehensive linguistic history of the language.

Written by the world''s leading expert on Hausa, this book provides a lucid and comprehensive linguistic history of the language.

A phonetic analysis of accents in North American film and television: how they vary and how they have changed.

A phonetic analysis of accents in North American film and television: how they vary and how they have changed.

Explores the role that coarticulation plays in synchronic and diachronic sound patterns across speakers, and within and across languages.

Explores the role that coarticulation plays in synchronic and diachronic sound patterns across speakers, and within and across languages.

A landmark survey of Turkic by a leading expert, covering structural, functional, historical, sociolinguistic, and literary aspects.

A landmark survey of Turkic by a leading expert, covering structural, functional, historical, sociolinguistic, and literary aspects.

Illustrated with fascinating examples throughout, this book shows the transformative effect minoritized languages have on linguistic theory.

Drawing on extensive field data, this groundbreaking work explores the development of the sound systems of Central Chadic languages.

Drawing on extensive field data, this groundbreaking work explores the development of the sound systems of Central Chadic languages.

Clear English Pronunciation provides students with the tools to effectively communicate in English without centring solely on native-speaker pronunciation models.

Clear English Pronunciation provides students with the tools to effectively communicate in English without centring solely on native-speaker pronunciation models.

The field of reading is a compelling one, characterised by many debates and discussions.

The field of reading is a compelling one, characterised by many debates and discussions.