A reader in sociophonetics
by Niedzielski, Nancy A. Preston, Dennis Richard
Sociophonetics is a sub-branch that has attracted 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 the book assumes some knowledge of basic acoustics and variationist studies, the general introduction and the chapter and section introductions provide a review of practice…
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- Full title :A reader in sociophonetics / edited by Dennis R. Preston, Nancy Niedzielski.
Summary
Sociophonetics is a sub-branch that has attracted 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 the book assumes some knowledge of basic acoustics and variationist studies, the general introduction and the chapter and section introductions provide a review of practices in the field, including those of collection, analysis, and interpretation.
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- Publication Date:2010.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):De Gruyter Mouton
- Place of Publication:Berlin
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (vii, 426 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1934078069, 9781934078068, 1934078042, 9781934078044, 1934078050, 9781934078051, 1282722840, 9781282722842, 9786612722844, 6612722843
- DOI:10.1515/9781934078068
- oclc:ocn680620421
- LC Classification:P217.3
- Dewey Decimal:414/.8
Table of Contents
Introduction: Sociophonetic studies of language variety production -- And perception / Nancy Niedzielski and Dennis R. Preston -- Part I. Studies of Production: 1. The Peripatetic History of Middle English / Alice Faber, Marianna Di Paolo, and Catherine T. Best -- 2. Social and phonetic conditioners on the frequency and degree of 'intrusive /r/' in New Zealand English / Jen Hay and Margaret Maclagan -- 3. Mexican-American identity and the acquisition of regional US English / Rebecca Roeder -- 4. Rhythm types and the speech of working-class youth in a banlieue of Paris: The role of vowel elision and devoicing / Zsuzsanna Fagyal -- 5. The sociophonetics of prosodic contours on NEG in three language communities: Teasing apart sociolinguistic and phonetic influences on speech / Malcah Yaeger-Dror, Shoji Takano, Tania Granadillo, and Lauren Hall-Lew -- 6. An emerging gender difference in Japanese vowel devoicing / Terumi Imai, Wittenberg College -- Part II. Studies of Perception: 7. Regional stereotypes and the perception of Japanese vowel devoicing / Midori Yonezawa Morris -- 8. Phonetic detail, linguistic experience, and the classification of regional language varieties in the United…
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