Phonetics, phonology

The contributors to this collection address issues of definition and theory of linguistic areas, analyze the process of convergence, and introduce methods to assess the impact of language contact across geographical zones.

This study of word frequency effects on sound change provides a resolution of the Neogrammarian controversy.

A range of electronic corpora has become accessible via the WWW and CD-ROM.

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

Within the past forty years, the field of phonology-a branch of linguistics that explores both the sound structures of spoken language and the analogous phonemes of sign language, as well as how these features of language are used to convey meaning-has undergone several important shifts in theory that are now part of standard practice.

This book introduces a new linguistic reconstruction of the phonology, morphology, and lexicon of Old Chinese, the first Sino-Tibetan language to be reduced to writing.

Few conversational topics can be as significant as our troubles in life, whether everyday and commonplace, or more exceptional and disturbing.

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

Over the past twenty years or so, the work on Japanese within generative grammar has shifted from primarily using contemporary theory to describe Japanese to contributing directly to general theory, on top of producing extensive analyses of the language.

Now in its second edition, A Handbook of Diction for Singers is a complete guide to achieving professional levels of diction in Italian, German, and French, the three major languages of the classical vocal repertory.

The authors here promote the reintroduction of temporality into the description and analysis of spoken interaction.

The media frenzy surrounding the 1996 resolution by the Oakland School Board brought public attention to the term "e;Ebonics"e;, however the idea remains a mystery to most.

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

This fresh look at the philosophy of language focuses on the interface between a theory of literal meaning and pragmatics--a philosophical examination of the relationship between meaning and language use and its contexts.

This volume is the first to explore the formal linguistic expressions of emotions at different levels of linguistic complexity.

This volume examines the concept of 'word' in its many guises and across many languages.

This volume is the first extensive and reliable grammatical description of any traditional language of the Great Andamanese family.

Turkisms in South Slavonic Literature is a comparative analysis of Turkish loanwords in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Bosnian and Bulgarian Franciscan sources.

This volume provides a broad introduction to Chinese linguistics, offering an accessible synthesis of the most relevant topics in the field.

This book provides an integrated account of the phonetic causes of the diachronic processes of palatalization and assibilation of velar and labial stops and labiodental fricatives, as well as the palatalization and affrication of dentoalveolar stops.

Latin Grammarians on the Latin Accent offers a fresh perspective on a long-standing debate about the value of Latin grammarians writing about the Latin accent: should the information they give us be taken seriously, or should much of it be dismissed as copied mindlessly from Greek sources?

Latin Grammarians on the Latin Accent offers a fresh perspective on a long-standing debate about the value of Latin grammarians writing about the Latin accent: should the information they give us be taken seriously, or should much of it be dismissed as copied mindlessly from Greek sources?

This volume provides a detailed and comprehensive description of the morphological system of Dutch.

The Printed Voice of Victorian Poetry starts from a simple fact: our written language does not represent the way we speak.

The Printed Voice of Victorian Poetry starts from a simple fact: our written language does not represent the way we speak.

This handbook presents detailed accounts of current research in all aspects of language prosody, written by leading experts from different disciplines.

This handbook presents detailed accounts of current research in all aspects of language prosody, written by leading experts from different disciplines.

Initially described by Dickens as a 'savage stenographic mystery', shorthand was to become an essential and influential part of his toolkit as a writer.

Initially described by Dickens as a 'savage stenographic mystery', shorthand was to become an essential and influential part of his toolkit as a writer.

This book is the first to explore the varied ways in which invented languages can be used to teach languages and linguistics in university courses.

In this volume, Ray Jackendoff and Jenny Audring embark on a major reconceptualization of linguistic theory as seen through the lens of morphology.

This book provides a detailed but accessible introduction to the development of the German language from the earliest reconstructable prehistory to the present day.

This volume provides the most comprehensive treatment of phonological weight to date, bringing together traditional notions of categorical, rime-based weight and new developments in statistical prosodic phonology.

The Oxford Guide to Middle High German is the most comprehensive self-contained treatment of Middle High German available in English.

Why do we speak the way we do, and what do our voices tell others about us?

Why do we speak the way we do, and what do our voices tell others about us?

This book deals with the phenomenon of vowel harmony, a phonological process whereby all the vowels in a word are required to share a specific phonological property, such as front or back articulation.

This textbook provides a critical introduction to major research topics and current approaches in linguistic typology, the study of structural variation in human language and of the limits on that variation.

This book presents a thorough investigation of the main diachronic changes that have taken place in the palatal sounds of the Romance languages, as well as their current patterns of synchronic variation.

The Oxford Guide to the Transeurasian Languages provides a comprehensive account of the Transeurasian languages, and is the first major reference work in the field since 1965.

This book explores the nature of cognitive representations and processes in speech motor control, based primarily on evidence from speech timing.

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.

This book describes the earliest reconstructable stages of the prehistory of English, focusing specifically on linguistic structure.

This volume is the first handbook dedicated to language attrition, the study of how a speaker's language may be affected by crosslinguistic interference and non-use.

This volume is the first handbook dedicated to language attrition, the study of how a speaker's language may be affected by crosslinguistic interference and non-use.

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 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 handbook compares the main analytic frameworks and methods of contemporary linguistics.