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Phonetics & Phonics

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  • Neutralizationby Daniel Silverman

    Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 30.00

    Provides in-depth, nuanced and critical analyses of many theoretical approaches to neutralization in phonology. more...

  • Underlying Representationsby Martin Krämer

    Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 30.00

    A comprehensive overview of theories of the mental representation of the sounds of language. more...

  • Lenition and Contrastby Naomi Gurevich

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 130.00

    This book analyzes 153 languages from a large variety of families to establish a previously unexplored relationship between phonetically conditioned sound changes such as lenitions and functional (meaning maintenance related) considerations. Carefully collecting numerous inventories of consonants, this collection is likely to become an important resource... more...

  • Strength Relations in Phonologyby Kuniya Nasukawa; Phillip Backley

    De Gruyter 2009; US$ 168.00

    This collection of papers explores the theme of phonological strength. The general notion of strength plays a central role in explaining a variety of apparently disparate phonological effects relating to language acquisition, tone and pitch accent patterns, as well as segmental distribution. The authors analyze data from a wide range of languages and... more...

  • The Contrastive Hierarchy in Phonologyby B. Elan Dresher

    Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 42.00

    An original account of both the logic and history of contrast in phonology. more...

  • Hispano-romanisches Namenbuchby Lidia Becker

    De Gruyter 2009; US$ 405.00

    The introduction provides an overview of medieval personal nomenclature and of linguistic structures. There are some 110 entries in the dictionary; besides commentaries on cultural and linguistic history, they contain representative lists of instances of the names from editions of medieval documents. The commentaries deal with etymology, the motives... more...

  • Phonology in Perceptionby Paul Boersma; Silke Hamann

    De Gruyter 2009; US$ 182.00

    This book investigates the extent to which phonological knowledge plays a role in speech perception. The speech perception process is formalized within the theoretical frameworks of Natural Phonology, Optimality Theory, and the Neigbourhood Activation Model. Examples come from the perception of segments, stress, and intonation in the fields of loanword... more...

  • A Reader in Sociophoneticsby Dennis R. Preston; Nancy Niedzielski

    De Gruyter 2010; US$ 168.00

    Sociophonetics is a sub-branch of phonetics that has attracted a great deal of attention recently. Advances in speech science and technological simulations allow increasingly sophisticated studies of language contact and change. Particularly at the level of pronunciation, these studies show that language variety is robust and socially embedded. Although... more...

  • Grammar of Spoken English Discourseby Gerard O'Grady

    Continuum International Publishing 2010; US$ 140.00

    David Brazil's pioneering work on the grammar of spoken discourse ended at A Grammar Of Speech (1995) due to his untimely death.  Gerard O'Grady picks up the baton in this book and tests the description of used language against a spoken corpus.   He incorporates findings from the last decade of corpus linguistics... more...

  • Conditions on Phonological Governmentby Monik Charette

    Cambridge University Press 1991; US$ 46.00

    This book represents a major development in the analysis of phonological processes. more...