Onsets

Author : Nina Topintzi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139486118

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Onsets by Nina Topintzi Pdf

The concept of the 'onset', i.e. the consonant(s) before the vowel of a syllable, is critical within phonology. While phonologists have examined the segmental behaviour of onsets, their prosodic status has instead been largely overlooked. In fact, most previous accounts have stipulated that onsets are insignificant when it comes to the 'heaviness' of syllables. In this book Nina Topintzi presents a new theory of onsets, arguing for their fundamental role in the structure of language both in the underlying and surface representation, unlike previous assumptions. To capture the weight behaviour of onsets, a novel account is proposed that relates their interaction with voicing, tone and stress. Using numerous case-studies and data from a variety of languages and phenomena (including stress, compensatory lengthening, gemination and word minimality), the book introduces a model that reflects the true behaviour of onsets, demonstrating profound implications for syllable and weight theories.

Author : Edward Fry
Publisher : Teacher Created Resources
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2003-08-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780743937115

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Dr. Fry's Word Sorts: Working with Onsets and Rimes by Edward Fry Pdf

Bridge the gap between phonemic awareness and beginning phonics! Pre-readers and beginning readers practice letter and phoneme recognition by cutting out word or picture cards and sorting them according to each lesson's focus. Activities require very little reading ability.

Author : Jette G. Hansen Edwards
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781441140586

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Acquiring a Non-Native Phonology by Jette G. Hansen Edwards Pdf

This is a study of the phonological development of a family of L2 English learners. It is the first full-length book that focuses on a tightly-knit group of learners' acquisition of phonology over a longitudinal timeframe, and the first book to study both social and linguistic factors across that time period. Jette G. Hansen analyses this data gathered from actual language learners in the light of recent theory, as well as challenging aspects of current thinking on the subject of second language acquisition. Acquiring a Non-Native Phonology therefore makes an important and original contribution to the field and provides an in-depth analysis and discussion of the developmental processes in acquiring a non-native sound system which has not previously been presented. The book is aimed at academics interested in second language acquisition, and researchers studying phonology in general.

Author : Matthew Gordon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-07
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781135922269

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Syllable Weight by Matthew Gordon Pdf

The 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 corroborated by the cross-linguistic survey. Rather than being consistent across phenomena within individual languages, weight turns out to be sensitive to the particular processes involved such that different phenomena display different distributions in weight criteria. The book goes on to explore the motivations behind the process-specific nature of weight, showing that phonetic factors explain much of the variation in weight criteria between phenomena and also the variation in criteria between languages for a single process. The book is unlike other studies in combining an extensive typological survey with detailed phonetic analysis of many languages. The finding that the widely studied phenomenon of syllable weight is not a unified phenomenon, contrary to the established view, is a significant result for the field of theoretical phonology. The book is also an important contribution to the field of phonetically-driven phonology, since it establishes a close link between the phonology of weight and various quantitative phonetic parameters.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 828 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : PSU:000060058522

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Monthly Weather Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Li Dong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CORNELL:31924104881176

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Diagnostic Studies of Southern Hemisphere Blocking Onsets by Li Dong Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Fisheries
ISBN : MINN:30000010417776

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Fishery Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stemberger,Barbara Handford Bernhardt
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 807 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004653405

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Handbook of Phonological Development by Stemberger,Barbara Handford Bernhardt Pdf

Combining a collection of data on phonological acquisition with attention to Optimality Theory, this book blends the studies of linguistics, psycholinguistics, and speech-language pathology in reference to phonological development. It also contains an evaluation of competing theories and presents a view of non-linear phonology.

Author : Jason I. Brown
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-04
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781466593589

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Mathematics for the Liberal Arts by Jason I. Brown Pdf

This textbook teaches everyday mathematics topics to non-math majors at the undergraduate level. Through numerous examples and more than 600 exercises, students learn how to use math seamlessly in a variety of practical areas, from conversion factors, statistics, visualization, money, and risk to games, art, music, and humor. The text develops a logical, real-world approach to data and reasoning. Real-life stories in each chapter capture students' interest and motivate them to work through the math. Ancillaries are available on the author's website.

Author : Susan A. Brady,Donald P. Shankweiler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135435899

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Phonological Processes in Literacy by Susan A. Brady,Donald P. Shankweiler Pdf

This impressive volume contains the edited proceedings of a symposium held in honor of Isabelle Y. Liberman, whose teaching and writings laid the foundation for contemporary views of reading disability. Her work has influenced ways of thinking about the nature of the problem and ways of working with children and adults who experience unusual difficulty in learning to read. The symposium covered four themes that were central to Dr. Liberman's research on reading acquisition and disability: the development of phonological awareness, the relationship between phonological awareness and success in learning to read and write, the investigation of other phonological processes associated with reading and writing performance, and the implications of current research on these matters for reading instruction. The text includes a paper on each topic, followed by commentaries which introduce additional research findings and theoretical considerations -- all by leading researchers in the field.

Author : Wandel, Jan Lucas
Publisher : KIT Scientific Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783731512493

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Representation of warm conveyor belts in sub-seasonal forecast models and the link to Atlantic-European weather regimes by Wandel, Jan Lucas Pdf

This study systematically investigates the representation of warm conveyor belts (WCBs) in large reforecast data sets of different numerical weather prediction models and evaluates the role of WCBs for the onset and life cycle of Atlantic-European weather regimes. The results emphasize the importance of accurate forecast of WCBs for sub-seasonal prediction on time scales beyond two weeks and tie the low forecast skill of blocked weather regimes over Europe to misrepresented WCBs.

Author : Godfried T. Toussaint
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781466512023

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The Geometry of Musical Rhythm by Godfried T. Toussaint Pdf

The Geometry of Musical Rhythm: What Makes a "Good" Rhythm Good? is the first book to provide a systematic and accessible computational geometric analysis of the musical rhythms of the world. It explains how the study of the mathematical properties of musical rhythm generates common mathematical problems that arise in a variety of seemingly disparate fields. For the music community, the book also introduces the distance approach to phylogenetic analysis and illustrates its application to the study of musical rhythm. Accessible to both academics and musicians, the text requires a minimal set of prerequisites. Emphasizing a visual geometric treatment of musical rhythm and its underlying structures, the author—an eminent computer scientist and music theory researcher—presents new symbolic geometric approaches and often compares them to existing methods. He shows how distance geometry and phylogenetic analysis can be used in comparative musicology, ethnomusicology, and evolutionary musicology research. The book also strengthens the bridge between these disciplines and mathematical music theory. Many concepts are illustrated with examples using a group of six distinguished rhythms that feature prominently in world music, including the clave son. Exploring the mathematical properties of good rhythms, this book offers an original computational geometric approach for analyzing musical rhythm and its underlying structures. With numerous figures to complement the explanations, it is suitable for a wide audience, from musicians, composers, and electronic music programmers to music theorists and psychologists to computer scientists and mathematicians. It can also be used in an undergraduate course on music technology, music and computers, or music and mathematics.

Author : Iris Berent
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139619103

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The Phonological Mind by Iris Berent Pdf

Humans instinctively form words by weaving patterns of meaningless speech elements. Moreover, we do so in specific, regular ways. We contrast dogs and gods, favour blogs to lbogs. We begin forming sound-patterns at birth and, like songbirds, we do so spontaneously, even in the absence of an adult model. We even impose these phonological patterns on invented cultural technologies such as reading and writing. But why are humans compelled to generate phonological patterns? And why do different phonological systems - signed and spoken - share aspects of their design? Drawing on findings from a broad range of disciplines including linguistics, experimental psychology, neuroscience and comparative animal studies, Iris Berent explores these questions and proposes a new hypothesis about the architecture of the phonological mind.

Author : Michael B. Broe,Janet B. Pierrehumbert
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2000-04-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521643635

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Papers in Laboratory Phonology V by Michael B. Broe,Janet B. Pierrehumbert Pdf

This volume of the series integrates core areas of laboratory phonology with psycholinguistic themes.

Author : Michael Hammond
Publisher : Oxford University Press, UK
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1999-04-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780191583551

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The Phonology of English : A Prosodic Optimality-Theoretic Approach by Michael Hammond Pdf

The Phonology of English introduces the subject from an Optimality-Theoretic perspective. Written by a high-profile American phonologist, the book presents an analysis of new generalizations about the surface shapes of English words. It will not only be the most up to date introduction to English phonology, but will also provide the clearest available account of Optimality Theory. Its combination of accessibility, originality and clear analysis make this essential reading for all those interested in the sounds of English words and some of the latest developments in linguistics theory. - ;The Phonology of English offers a new approach to English phonology. It focuses on the prosody of the language, i.e. syllable and foot structure, and does so from an optimality-theoretic (OT) perspective. The focus is on surface distributional regularities and the results presented are based on extensive searches through various computerized lexicons. The outcome is a number of new generalizations about the phonology of English, along with confirmation of some familiar regularities. All of these empirical results are discussed in detail and presented in extensive charts with a plethora of examples. The Phonology of English also offers a unique OT analysis. This provides a detailed introduction to the intricacies of the theory as applied to a significant amount of data. A number of important theoretical proposals are developed in this model, and the analysis presents the idea that certain complex constraints and their ranking can be derived in restricted ways from more basic constraints. In addition, the book also develops the idea that syllables of English can contain from zero to three moras. It is suggested that the phonology of English only makes sense if partial morphemes of the cranberry sort are licensed more widely. The book is thus intended as a detailed presentation of novel empirical results about the sound system of English, along with important theoretical results about phonological theory. -