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Linguistic Universals
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 35.00The attempt to discover 'linguistic universals' - the properties that all languages have in common - is a fundamental goal of linguistics. This volume brings together a team of leading experts to show how different linguistic theories have approached this important challenge. Invaluable to anyone seeking a greater understanding of human language. more...
Vowels and Consonants
Wiley 2012; US$ 46.95This popular and accessible introduction to phonetics has been fully updated for its third edition, and now includes an accompanying website with sound files, and expanded coverage of topics such as speech technology. Describes how languages use a variety of different sounds, many of them quite unlike any that occur in well-known languages Written... more...
An Introduction to the Science of Phonetics
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 26.95The book is designed as an introduction to the scientific study of speech. No prior knowledge of phonetics is assumed. As far as mathematical knowlege is concerned, all that is assumed is a knowledge of simple arithmetic and as far as possible concepts are dealt with on an intuitive rather than mathematical level. The anatomical material is all fully... more...
Lenition and Contrast
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 130.00This 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...
Syllable Weight
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 125.00The book is the first systematic exploration of a series of phonological phenomena previously thought to be unified under the rubric of syllable weight. Drawing on a typological survey of 400 languages, it is shown that the traditional conception that languages are internally consistent in their weight criteria across weight-based processes is not... more...
Bloomsbury Companion to Phonetics
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 154.99The Bloomsbury Companion To Phonetics is designed to be the essential one-volume resource for advanced students and academics. It offers a comprehensive reference resource, giving an overview of key topics and key terms in phonetics. It offers a survey of current research areas and new directions in the field as well as featuring a manageable guide... more...
Bloomsbury Companion to Phonetics
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 154.99The Bloomsbury Companion To Phonetics is designed to be the essential one-volume resource for advanced students and academics. It offers a comprehensive reference resource, giving an overview of key topics and key terms in phonetics. It offers a survey of current research areas and new directions in the field as well as featuring a manageable guide... more...
Subordination in Conversation
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2011; US$ 143.00The articles in this volume examine the notion of clausal subordination based on English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Japanese conversational data. Some of the articles approach ?subordination? in terms of social action, taking into account what participants are doing with their talk, considering topics such as the use of clauses as projector... more...
The Routeldge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets is a unique reference to the main scripts and alphabets of the world. The Handbook presents over 60 alphabets covering an enormous scope of languages; from Amharic and Chinese to Thai and Cree. Full script tables are given for every language and each entry is accompanied by a detailed overview... more...
The Syllable in Optimality Theory
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 50.00This book provides an overview of the role of the syllable in Optimality Theory and how OT can solve problems in analyzing syllable structure. By focusing on the syllable, the contributors also demonstrate how OT is capable of adequately analyzing many problematic issues in other theories. more...









