The corpus phonology of English [electronic resource] : multifocal analyses of variation / edited by Anne Przewozny, Cécile Viollain and Sylvain Navarro.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- The Corpus Phonology of English -- Multifocal Analyses of Variation -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 01 Introduction -- 02 Ch. 1 Gestural Delay and Gestural Reductio -- 03 Ch. 2 The Production and Perception of Derived Phonological Contrasts -- 04 Ch. 3 The Phonological Fuzziness of Palatalisation in Contemporary English -- 05 Ch. 4 Asymmetric Acquisition of English Liquid Consonants by Japanese Speakers -- 06 Ch. 5 R-sandhi in English and Liaison in French

07 Ch. 6 A Corpora-based Study of Vowel Reduction in Two Speech Styles -- 08 Ch. 7 On 'Because' -- 09 Ch. 8 On the New Zealand Short Front Vowel Shift -- 10 Ch. 9 The Northern Cities Vowel Shift in Northern Michigan -- 11 Ch. 10 Levelling in a Northern English Variety -- 12 Ch. 11 A Study of Rhoticity in Boston -- 13 Ch. 12 A Corpus-based Study of /t/ flapping in American English Broadcast Speech -- Index

Placing contemporary spoken English at the centre of phonological research, this book tackles the issue of language variation and change through a range of methodological and theoretical approaches.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide