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The clear and easy way to get a handle on the science of speechThe science of how people produce and perceive speech, phonetics has an array of real-world applications, from helping engineers create an authentic sounding Irish or Canadian accent for a GPS voice, to...
Editeur : For Dummies
Parution : 2013-08-14
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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When we speak we do not articulate each sound one after the other like beads on a string. Instead, the movements of our articulators, such as the tongue and lips, overlap. These movements are coordinated in complex ways to produce syllables, words and phrases. This book...
Editeur : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution : 2013-04-19
Format(s) : PDF
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Second language phonology is approached in this book from the perspective of data-based studies into the English sound system as used by native and non-native speakers of the language. The book offers a unique combination of psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic and...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2012-12-14
Collection :
Second Language Learning and Teaching
Format(s) : ePub
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Die Arbeit untersucht anhand akustischer und perzeptiver Daten, ob es im Deutschen tatsächlich, wie allgemein angenommen, einheitliche und satztypspezifische Anpassungsstrategien für Intonationsverläufe in bestimmten segmentellen Kontexten gibt – Trunkierung und...
Editeur : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution : 2012-11-29
Format(s) : PDF
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The Sounds of Language is an introductory guide to the linguistic study of speech sounds, which provides uniquely balanced coverage of both phonology and phonetics. Features exercises and problem sets, as well as supporting online resources at www.wiley.com/go/zsiga,...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2012-11-26
Collection :
Linguistics in the World
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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This book discusses the phonology of glides and nasals in Polish and English on the basis of spelling and pronunciation errors. The aim of this study is to show the relatedness between spelling and pronunciation errors and the phonological systems of both languages in...
Editeur : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution : 2012-11-23
Format(s) : PDF
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Articulatory Phonetics presents a concise and non-technical introduction to the physiological processes involved in producing sounds in human speech. Traces the path of the speech production system through to the point where simple vocal sounds are produced, covering...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2012-11-07
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences provides an authoritative account of the key topics in both theoretical and applied areas of speech communication, written by an international team of leading scholars and...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2012-04-12
Collection :
Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
Format(s) : PDF
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The fascinating, fun, and friendly way to understand the science behind human language Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics students study how languages are constructed, how they function, how they affect society, and how humans learn...
Editeur : For Dummies
Parution : 2012-02-08
Format(s) : PDF
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This 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...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2012-01-17
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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David Crystal's A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics has long been the standard single-volume reference for its field. Now available in its sixth edition, it has been revised and updated to reflect the latest terms in the field. Includes in excess of 5,100 terms,...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2011-09-23
Collection :
The Language Library
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Doing Optimality Theory brings together examples and practical, detailed advice for undergraduates and graduate students working in linguistics. Given that the basic premises of Optimality Theory are markedly different from other linguistic theories, this book presents...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2011-09-23
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Companion website, featuring additional resources such as sound files, can be found here: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/phonetics/ Providing a comprehensive overview of the four primary areas of phonetics, Phonetics: Transcription, Production, Acoustics, and...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2011-09-23
Collection :
Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics
Format(s) : ePub
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The Handbook of Phonological Theory, second edition offers an innovative and detailed examination of recent developments in phonology, and the implications of these within linguistic theory and related disciplines. Revised from the ground-up for the second edition, the...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2011-09-15
Collection :
Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Accessible, succinct, and including numerous student-friendly features, this introductory textbook offers an exceptional foundation to the field for those who are coming to it for the first time. Provides an ideal first course book in phonology, written by a renowned...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2011-09-13
Collection :
Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Foundations of Voice Studies provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the multifaceted role that voice quality plays in human existence. Offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective on all facets of voice perception, illustrating why listeners hear what...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2011-03-21
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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This book presents a collection of accounts by internationally renowed experts on current techniques in the instrumental investigation of speech and disorders of speech.
Editeur : Wiley
Parution : 2008-04-30
Format(s) : PDF
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This book is the final version of the widely-circulated 1993 Technical Report that introduces a conception of grammar in which well-formedness is defined as optimality with respect to a ranked set of universal constraints. Final version of the widely circulated 1993...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2008-04-15
Format(s) : PDF
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Optimality Theory in Phonology: A Reader is a collection of readings on this important new theory by leading figures in the field, including a lengthy excerpt from Prince and Smolensky's never-before-publishedOptimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in Generative...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2008-04-15
Format(s) : PDF
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Phonology in Context takes a fresh look at phonology in a range of real-world contexts that go beyond traditional concerns and challenge existing assumptions and practices. It brings together research and theory from a range of research areas to suggest new directions...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2006-11-22
Collection :
Palgrave Advances in Language and Linguistics
Format(s) : PDF
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