Experiments In Comparative Intonation

Author : Michael Scuffil
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 305 pages
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Release : 2011-04-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783111595290

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Experiments in Comparative Intonation by Michael Scuffil Pdf

Over the past few decades, the book series Linguistische Arbeiten [Linguistic Studies], comprising over 500 volumes, has made a significant contribution to the development of linguistic theory both in Germany and internationally. The series will continue to deliver new impulses for research and maintain the central insight of linguistics that progress can only be made in acquiring new knowledge about human languages both synchronically and diachronically by closely combining empirical and theoretical analyses. To this end, we invite submission of high-quality linguistic studies from all the central areas of general linguistics and the linguistics of individual languages which address topical questions, discuss new data and advance the development of linguistic theory.

Author : Carsten Breul,Edward Göbbel
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027287847

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Comparative and Contrastive Studies of Information Structure by Carsten Breul,Edward Göbbel Pdf

This volume presents original comparative and contrastive research into various aspects of information structure (topic, focus, contrastivity, givenness, anaphoricity) as well as into forms and structures whose realisation depends on information-structural factors (clefts, dislocations, reflexives, null subjects, prosodic features, interrogatives) in a number of different languages (Catalan, English, French, Georgian, German, Hebrew, Hungarian). Each contribution emphasises differences or commonalities between the languages under investigation with respect to the realisation of information structural categories or with respect to the information structural implications of a given form or structure. The specific comparative-contrastive perspective of the volume makes a substantial contribution towards a better understanding of language specific and universal aspects of information structure. It raises significant questions and provides solutions for the formal representation and the functional properties of information structural categories.

Author : Alan Cruttenden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997-10-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521598257

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Intonation by Alan Cruttenden Pdf

This updated edition remains the basic reference book for all these concerned with speech in any way.

Author : Dorothy M. Chun
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2002-04-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027297525

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Discourse Intonation in L2 by Dorothy M. Chun Pdf

Intonation, rhythm, and general “melody” of language are among the first aspects of speech that infants attend to and produce themselves. Yet, these same features are among the last to be mastered by adult L2 learners. Why is this, and how can L2 learners be helped? This book first presents the latest linguistic theories of intonation, in particular, how intonation functions in discourse not only to signal sentence types and attitudinal meanings but also to provide turn-taking and other conversational cues. The second part of the book examines the research in applied linguistics on the acquisition of L2 phonology and intonation. The third section offers practical applications of how to incorporate the teaching of intonation into L2 instruction, with a focus on using new speech technologies. The accompanying CD-ROM makes a unique addition in allowing for simultaneous audio playback and visual display of the pitch contours of utterances contained in the book. Users can start or stop the playback at any point in the utterance and can observe first-hand how such visual and audio representations could be useful for L2 learners.

Author : Bernhard Kettemann
Publisher : Gunter Narr Verlag
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : 3823350439

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Current Issues in European Second Language Acquisition Research by Bernhard Kettemann Pdf

Author : Hadumod Bussmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006-02-20
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781134630387

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Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics by Hadumod Bussmann Pdf

The Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics is a unique reference work for students and teachers of linguistics. The highly regarded second edition of the Lexikon der Sprachwissenschaft by Hadumod Bussmann has been specifically adapted by a team of over thirty specialist linguists to form the most comprehensive and up-to-date work of its kind in the English language. In over 2,500 entries, the Dictionary provides an exhaustive survey of the key terminology and languages of more than 30 subdisciplines of linguistics. With its term-based approach and emphasis on clear analysis, it complements perfectly Routledge's established range of reference material in the field of linguistics.

Author : Carlos Gussenhoven,Tomas Riad
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110207576

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Experimental Studies in Word and Sentence Prosody by Carlos Gussenhoven,Tomas Riad Pdf

This volume presents 14 experimental studies of lexical tone and intonation in a wide variety of languages. Six papers deal with the discriminability or the function of intonation contours and lexical tones in specific languages, as established on the basis of listener responses, as well as with brain activation patterns resulting from the perception of tonal and intonational stimuli. The remaining eight papers report on detailed phonetic findings on a variety of tonal phenomena in a number of languages, including declination in tone languages, final lowering, consonant-tone interactions and pitch target alignment.

Author : Sandra Götz,Joybrato Mukherjee
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027262820

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Learner Corpora and Language Teaching by Sandra Götz,Joybrato Mukherjee Pdf

While native corpora and corpus linguistic tools and methods have been used and applied for quite some time in the development of learning and teaching materials, learner corpora are only just beginning to impact the field of language teaching, testing and assessment. This volume helps to close this still existing gap and highlights the great potential of learner corpus research for language pedagogy by presenting a selection of 11 original studies on learner corpora, conducted by established experts as well as by excellent young researchers. The papers included in the volume present new corpora and methods; studies on written as well as spoken learner corpora and on using data-driven learning scenarios in the classroom. All papers include sections on practical and concrete language-pedagogical applications. This volume will be of significant interest to researchers working in corpus linguistics, learner corpus research, second language acquisition and English for Academic and Specific Purposes, as well to language teachers and materials developers.

Author : Allan James,Jonathan Leather
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110878486

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Sound Patterns in Second Language Acquisition by Allan James,Jonathan Leather Pdf

Language acquisition is a human endeavor par excellence. As children, all human beings learn to understand and speak at least one language: their mother tongue. It is a process that seems to take place without any obvious effort. Second language learning, particularly among adults, causes more difficulty. The purpose of this series is to compile a collection of high-quality monographs on language acquisition. The series serves the needs of everyone who wants to know more about the problem of language acquisition in general and/or about language acquisition in specific contexts.

Author : Yuji Kawaguchi,Ivan Fonagy,Tsunekazu Moriguchi
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027233158

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Prosody and Syntax by Yuji Kawaguchi,Ivan Fonagy,Tsunekazu Moriguchi Pdf

This collection of papers is the third volume of the series “Usage-Based Linguistic Informatics” (UBLI), a product of the 21st Century COE Program of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS). Prosody, as used in this text, appears in units larger than segments and generally refers to the field that studies various phonological properties connected to utterances involving pitch, intensity, and length. These phonetic features almost always appear within complex combinations such as word and sentence accents and intonation. The subtitle, Cross-Linguistic perspectives, does not imply mere, cross-linguistic comparison and contrast of the prosodic phenomena. Rather, it implies that there are a variety of approaches which are unique to each language for prosodic analysis. In fact, the volume consists of prosodic analyses in 12 different languages : French, English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Makonde, Indonesian, Tagalog and Turkish.

Author : Ulrike Gut
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Corpora (Linguistics)
ISBN : 3631591152

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Non-native Speech by Ulrike Gut Pdf

Based on an innovative corpus-based approach, this book offers a comprehensive survey of the phonological and phonetic properties of L2 speech in English and German. The first part of the book critically examines current theoretical models and research methodologies in the field of second language acquisition of phonology and describes the advances that have been made in corpus linguistics over the past few years - in particular, the development of phonological learner corpora. It furthermore presents the first learner corpus of L2 English and L2 German that is fully aligned and has extensive phonological annotations: the LeaP corpus. The second part of the book describes the results of the quantitative and qualitative corpus analyses in the following areas of non-native speech: fluency, final consonant cluster realisation, vowel reduction and speech rhythm, intonation and general foreign accent. In addition, the influence of many non-linguistic factors, including instruction and a stay abroad, on the phonological properties of non-native speech is explored.

Author : Michael McCarthy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2001-02
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521584876

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Issues in Applied Linguistics by Michael McCarthy Pdf

This book provides a wide-ranging treatment of the major issues in applied linguistics.

Author : Grzegorz Dogil,Susanne Maria Reiterer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110205183

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Language Talent and Brain Activity by Grzegorz Dogil,Susanne Maria Reiterer Pdf

This book describes and assesses pronunciation talent in its various dimensions, such as production and perception or the segmental and suprasegmental levels of speech. Special focus is put on the psychological and neural correlates of phonetic perf

Author : A. Botinis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789401143172

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Intonation by A. Botinis Pdf

ANTONIS BOTINIS 1. 1 Background This introduction provides essential information about the structure and the objects of study of this volume. Following the introduction, fourteen papers which represent current research on intonation are organised into five thematic sections: (I) Overview of Intonation, (II) Prominence and Focus, (III) Boundaries and Discourse, (IV) Intonation Modelling, and (V) Intonation Technology. Within the sections the papers are arranged thematically, although several papers which deal with various aspects of intonation and prosody are basically intersectional. As the title indicates, "Intonation: Analysis, Modelling and Technology" is a contribution to the study of prosody, with major emphasis on intonation. Intonation and tonal themes are thus the central object of the volume, although temporal and dynamic aspects are also taken into consideration by a good number of papers. Although tonal and prosodic distinctions have been dealt with throughout man's literate history with reference to the study of language, for example by classical philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle, it is in recent decades that we have witnessed the most fertile growth in intonation studies, as with experimental phonetics and speech technology in general. As Rossi (this volume) points out, intonation research really began to blossom in the sixties with a multi fold increase in prosodic studies, reflected in contributions to the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), and in the international literature.

Author : Allan James,Jonathan Leather
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110882933

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Second-Language Speech by Allan James,Jonathan Leather Pdf

Language acquisition is a human endeavor par excellence. As children, all human beings learn to understand and speak at least one language: their mother tongue. It is a process that seems to take place without any obvious effort. Second language learning, particularly among adults, causes more difficulty. The purpose of this series is to compile a collection of high-quality monographs on language acquisition. The series serves the needs of everyone who wants to know more about the problem of language acquisition in general and/or about language acquisition in specific contexts.