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Author: Laura J. Downing Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG ISBN: 3110503522 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 448
Book Description
This volume brings together two under-investigated areas of intonation typology. While tone languages make up to 70 percent of the world’s languages, only few have been explored for intonation. And even though one third of the world’s languages are spoken in Africa, and most sub-Saharan languages are tone languages, recent collections on tone and intonation typology have almost entirely ignored African languages. This book aims to fill this gap.
Author: Laura J. Downing Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG ISBN: 3110503522 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 448
Book Description
This volume brings together two under-investigated areas of intonation typology. While tone languages make up to 70 percent of the world’s languages, only few have been explored for intonation. And even though one third of the world’s languages are spoken in Africa, and most sub-Saharan languages are tone languages, recent collections on tone and intonation typology have almost entirely ignored African languages. This book aims to fill this gap.
Author: Caroline Féry Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107008069 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 387
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This book provides a state-of-the-art survey of intonation and prosody from a phonological perspective, for advanced students and researchers in phonology.
Author: Mohammad Aslam Publisher: Cambridge India ISBN: 8175965053 Category : English language Languages : en Pages : 116
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In the context of globalisation, advances in information technology and the wide spread use of the Internet, developing students' ability to speak English with global intelligibility has become the focus of English language teaching. Introduction to English Phonetics and Phonology aims to help learners speak the language accurately with the right pronunciation, word and sentence stress and intonation. The book is designed for use in courses on English language and linguistics at the university level. A large number of well-labelled illustrations and minimal use of jargon make the book equally accessible to independent learners. Key features: . In-depth explanation of key concepts . Place and manner of articulation discussed with accompanying figures . Extensive examples from everyday English . Use of flowcharts and diagrams to explain syllable structure . Separate section on British and American English . Tasks for reinforcement of concepts and practice . Select glossary for ready reference
Author: J. C. Wells Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521683807 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 292
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Intonation - the rise and fall of pitch in our voices - plays a crucial role in how we express meaning. This accessible introduction shows students how to recognize and reproduce the intonation patterns of English, providing clear explanations of what they mean and how they are used. It looks in particular at three key functions of intonation - to express our attitude, to structure our messages to one another, and to focus attention on particular parts of what we are saying. An invaluable guide to how English intonation works, it is complete with extensive exercises, drills and practice material, encouraging students to produce and understand the intonation patterns for themselves. The accompanying CD contains a wealth of spoken examples, clearly demonstrating English intonation in context. Drawing on the perspectives of both language teaching and linguistics, this textbook will be welcomed by both learners of English, and beginning undergraduates in phonetics and linguistics.
Author: Carlos Gussenhoven Publisher: Walter de Gruyter ISBN: 3110207575 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 433
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This volume presents 14 experimental studies of lexical tone and intonation in a wide variety of languages. Six papers deal with the discriminability or the function of intonation contours and lexical tones in specific languages, as established on the basis of listener responses, as well as with brain activation patterns resulting from the perception of tonal and intonational stimuli. The remaining eight papers report on detailed phonetic findings on a variety of tonal phenomena in a number of languages, including declination in tone languages, final lowering, consonant-tone interactions and pitch target alignment.
Author: Paul Tench Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1474246613 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 178
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Tench provides an introduction to the current state of functional linguistics studies in the intonation of English. Intended not only for students of linguistics and English language, the book also contains information ideal for consideration by language teachers, speech therapists, drama students and other professions that rely heavily upon the spoken word.
Author: Paul de Lacy Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1139462059 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 660
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Phonology - the study of how the sounds of speech are represented in our minds - is one of the core areas of linguistic theory, and is central to the study of human language. This handbook brings together the world's leading experts in phonology to present the most comprehensive and detailed overview of the field. Focusing on research and the most influential theories, the authors discuss each of the central issues in phonological theory, explore a variety of empirical phenomena, and show how phonology interacts with other aspects of language such as syntax, morphology, phonetics, and language acquisition. Providing a one-stop guide to every aspect of this important field, The Cambridge Handbook of Phonology will serve as an invaluable source of readings for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, an informative overview for linguists and a useful starting point for anyone beginning phonological research.
Author: Maria Polinsky Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190690712 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 600
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The Oxford Handbook of Languages of the Caucasus is an introduction to and overview of the linguistically diverse languages of southern Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. Though the languages of the Caucasus have often been mischaracterized or exoticized, many of them have cross-linguistically rare features found in few or no other languages. This handbook presents facts and descriptions of the languages written by experts. The first half of the book is an introduction to the languages, with the linguistic profiles enriched by demographic research about their speakers. It features overviews of the main language families as well as detailed grammatical descriptions of several individual languages. The second half of the book delves more deeply into theoretical analyses of features, such as agreement, ellipsis, and discourse properties, which are found in some languages of the Caucasus. Promising areas for future research are highlighted throughout the handbook, which will be of interest to linguists of all subfields.
Author: Carlos Gussenhoven Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0198832230 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 957
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This handbook presents detailed accounts of current research in all aspects of language prosody, written by leading experts from different disciplines. The volume's comprehensive coverage and multidisciplinary approach will make it an invaluable resource for all researchers, students, and practitioners interested in prosody.
Author: Laura J. Downing
Author: Laura J. Downing
Author: Carlos Gussenhoven
Author: Caroline Féry
Author: Mohammad Aslam
Author: J. C. Wells
Author: Carlos Gussenhoven
Author: Paul Tench
Author: Paul de Lacy
Author: Maria Polinsky
Author: Carlos Gussenhoven