Phonetics, phonology Books

Der Sammelband thematisiert phonetische und phonologische Aspekte der prosodischen Konzepte 'Silbenschnitt' und 'Tonakzente'. Silbenschnitt bezeichnet die Art und Weise, wie ein Vokal durch einen nachfolgenden Konsonanten modifiziert ('geschnitten') wird...

Auf der Basis der phonologischen Analyse einer ostjiddischen Tonbandaufnahme eines aus Lublin stammenden Sprechers, geben die Autoren zunächst eine Kontrastierung zum Standarddeutschen. Die Untersuchung stellt aber auch die Probleme dar, die sich an der...

Mrs Mary Jeks, the author of these Six Phonics books, is a visionary scholar. Her Vision is derived from the divine mandate for the pursuit of excellence, as captured in Matthew 5 verse 48.Whatever she gets involved in doing is always characterised by...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

While it is commonly assumed that languages epenthesize context-free default vowels, this book shows that in loanword adaptation, several strategies are found which interact intricately. Large loanword corpora in Shona, Sranan, Samoan and Kinyarwanda are...

Vor allem seit Beginn der 70er Jahre ist die Tonaufnahme in der Sprachwissenschaft zu einem häauml;ufig eingesetzten Forschungsmittel geworden. Der Band will die zu linguistischen Zwecken erhobenen Tonaufnahmen des gesprochenen Deutsch...

""The Ancient Use of the Greek Accents in Reading and Chanting: With Some Newly Restored Greek Melodies"" is a book written by George Thomas Carruthers and originally published in 1897. The book explores the use of ancient Greek accents in reading and...

Intended for the absolute beginner, Introducing Phonetics and Phonology requires no previous background in linguistics, phonetics or phonology. Starting with a grounding in phonetics and phonological theory, the book provides a base from which more...

Australian English is perhaps best known for its colourful slang, but the variety is much richer than slang alone. This collection provides a detailed account of Australian English by bringing together leading scholars of this English variety. These...

""Dictionnaire de Rimes: Dans un Nouvel Ordre, ou se Trouvent (1731)"" de Richelet, P. est un livre de r�����f�����rence pour les �����crivains, les po�����tes et les artistes qui cherchent ������ trouver des rimes pour leurs �����uvres. Ce dictionnaire...

The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Phonology brings together leading experts in Spanish phonology to provide a state-of-the-art survey of the field.The five sections present current research on the phonological structure of Spanish including the most...

There are many ways to learn Spanish, and one sure way to lose it. If you don't use it! Don't do it! Instead, hold on to your hard-earned Spanish and learn more by taking the ¿Cómo se dice? Quiz and studying Spanish, 1 lesson a day...The lessons of ¿Cómo...

Orationes Apologeticae est opus litterarium a Ioanne Rudolfo Wettstein anno MDCLXXXI editum. In hoc libro orationes tres contineri dicuntur, quarum prima est apologia pro Graeca et genuina linguae Graecae pronunciatione, secunda est apologia pro fide...

Why is the Isle of Dogs in the Thames called Isle of Dogs? Did King Canute's men bring English usage back to Jutland? How can we find out where English speakers suck their breath in to give a short response? And what did the Brontës do about dialect and...

Un saggio essenziale per la comprensione della fonologia italiana. L'opera di Fortunato Demattio presenta in modo chiaro e preciso i principali aspetti della fonologia della lingua italiana, analizzando i suoni e la loro evoluzione storica.This work has...

Edward Riches de Levante's 'Orthoepy and Orthography of the English Language' is a comprehensive guide to the correct pronunciation and spelling of words in English. Aimed primarily at private tutors and their pupils, this book offers clear explanations...

There are so many games that I remember my Persian Mum and Persian dad teaching me as I grew up. These games are embedded in my memory and have shaped and formed my Iranian/Persian Identity in my early years. They built unbreakable bonds with me and my...

This book will tell all you need to know about British English spelling. It's a reference work intended for anyone interested in the English language, especially those who teach it, whatever the age or mother tongue of their students. It will be...

This articulatory phonetics course is designed especially for students whose aim is to learn an unwritten language. It teaches how to pronounce and transcribe virtually all the known sounds of the world’s languages. The authors incorporate data...

This book offers contemporary perspectives on English pronunciation teaching and research in the context of increasing multilingualism and English as an international language. It reviews current theory and practice in pronunciation pedagogy, language...

List of Figures and Maps List of Tables List of Abbreviations Notes on the Contributors Introduction; A.McMahon, Y.Matras & N.Vincent Areal Linguistics: A Closer Scrutiny; L.Campbell All or Nothing; T.Stolz Keeping Contact in the Family: Approaches to...

A revival of interest in morphology has occurred during recent years. The Yearbook of Morphology, published since 1988, has proven to be an eminent support for this upswing of morphological research, since it contains articles...

This work discusses many optimization and linguistic issues in great detail. It treats the history of a variety of languages, including English, French, Germanic, Galician/ Portuguese, Latin, Russian, and Spanish and shows that...

The Yearbook of Morphology 2002 discusses the morphology of a variety of pidgin and Creole languages which appear to have much more morphology than traditionally assumed. Other topics include the morphological use of truncation...

This book provides a comprehensive guide to using phonetics in theatrical, cinematic, and educational contexts. It explores the ways in which phonetics can be used to represent the sounds of various regional and dialectical forms of English, and provides...

A comparative study of the phonetics of English, French, and German. Written in German in the late 19th century by Moritz Trautmann, a German linguist and phonetician, this work analyzes the sounds and sound systems of the three languages, and compares...

In this comprehensive guide, Albert L. Meissner offers a thorough introduction to the philology of the French language. This book is essential for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of this fascinating language.This work has been selected by scholars...

The word "sibilance" refers to pronunciations of the letter "s," including the emission of a hissing or whistling sound. As the title of Sally Van Doren's fourth collection of poetry, the word alerts readers to the sounds of language in the poems that...

Intelligibility is the ultimate goal of human communication. However, measuring it objectively remained elusive until the 1940s when physicist Harvey Fletcher pioneered a psychoacoustic methodology for doing so. Another physicist, von Bekesy,...

Syllable types and lexicon are subject to diachronic language contact influences. Phonotactics and loanword vocabulary in Romance languages tend toward syllable simplification, but complex structures also persist, especially in learned loanwords...

Despite the recent advances in the integration of lexical tone and intonation in phonological theory, all too often the study of intonation and the study of lexical tone are viewed as belonging to different research traditions. This collection...

The volume includes state of the art research on phonetics and phonology in various languages and from interdisciplinary contributors. It is structured into the following eight sections: segmentals, suprasegmentals, articulation in spoken and sign...

How to Sparkle at Phonics contains 40 photocopiable sheets for use with beginning readers. These fun, but simple, activities aim to develop knowledge of initial and final sounds and onset and rime. The activities in this book complement those found in...

The branch of linguistics which studies the production and reception of sounds by humans is termed as phonetics. According to the method of research the discipline is further classified into articulatory phonetics, acoustic phonetics and auditory...

This book is about learning the phrases and sentences and getting to grips with saying the language, without going into the grammar first. In that way you can have fun in learning how to say certain things and also you do not come up against stumbling...

The Handbook of Simplified Spelling, written by Henry Gallup Paine and published in 1920, is a comprehensive guide to a simplified spelling system designed to make English spelling more logical and easier to learn. The book presents a detailed analysis...

French Homonyms: Or A Collection Of Words Similar In Sound, But Different In Meaning And Spelling is a book written by John Martin in 1807. The book is a compilation of French words that have the same pronunciation but different meanings and spellings...

""Etudes Pratiques De Composition Francaise: Sujets Prepares Et Commentes"" est un livre �����crit par Gustave Lanson, publi����� en 1896. Ce livre est destin����� ������ aider les �����tudiants en fran�����ais ������ am�����liorer leurs comp�����tences...