Phonology And Language Use

Author : Joan Bybee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2003-02-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521533783

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A research perspective that takes language use into account opens up new views of old issues and provides an understanding of issues that linguists have rarely addressed. Referencing new developments in cognitive and functional linguistics, phonetics, and connectionist modeling, this book investigates various ways in which a speaker/hearer's experience with language affects the representation of phonology. Rather than assuming phonological representations in terms of phonemes, Joan Bybee adopts an exemplar model, in which specific tokens of use are stored and categorized phonetically with reference to variables in the context. This model allows an account of phonetically gradual sound change which produces lexical variation, and provides an explanatory account of the fact that many reductive sound changes affect high frequency items first. The well-known effects of type and token frequency on morphologically-conditioned phonological alterations are shown also to apply to larger sequences, such as fixed phrases and constructions, solving some of the problems formulated previously as dealing with the phonology-syntax interface.

Author : Joan L. Bybee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0511054041

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Phonology and Language Use by Joan L. Bybee Pdf

Referencing new developments, this book investigates various ways in which a speaker/hearer's experience with language affects the representation of phonology. Rather than assuming phonological representations in terms of phonemes, Joan Bybee adopts an exemplar model, in which specific tokens of use are stored and categorized phonetically with reference to variables in the context.

Author : Joan L. Bybee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : OCLC:1090031600

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Phonology and Language Use by Joan L. Bybee Pdf

Author : Diane Brentari
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107113473

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Sign Language Phonology by Diane Brentari Pdf

Surveys key findings and ideas in sign language phonology, exploring the crucial areas in phonology to which sign language studies has contributed.

Author : John Archibald
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1998-07-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027285508

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Second Language Phonology by John Archibald Pdf

This volume explores a variety of aspects of second language speech, with special focus on contributions to the field made by (primarely) generative linguists looking at the sounds and sound systems of second language learners. Second Language Phonology starts off with an overview of second language acquisition research in order to place the study of L2 speech in context. This introductory chapter is followed by an outline of traditional approaches to investigating interlanguage phonology. The third chapter consists of a discussion of relevant aspects of a learning theory that must be included in a treatment of how people learn sound systems. The next three chapters focus on particular aspects of the mental represenation of phonological competence; segments, syllables, and stress, respectively. The penultimate chapter deals with issues related to the mechanisms that govern the changing of interlanguage grammars over time. The volume ends with a summary of the issues raised throughout the text.

Author : Joan Bybee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139487023

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Language, Usage and Cognition by Joan Bybee Pdf

Language demonstrates structure while also showing considerable variation at all levels: languages differ from one another while still being shaped by the same principles; utterances within a language differ from one another while exhibiting the same structural patterns; languages change over time, but in fairly regular ways. This book focuses on the dynamic processes that create languages and give them their structure and variance. It outlines a theory of language that addresses the nature of grammar, taking into account its variance and gradience, and seeks explanation in terms of the recurrent processes that operate in language use. The evidence is based on the study of large corpora of spoken and written language, what we know about how languages change, as well as the results of experiments with language users. The result is an integrated theory of language use and language change which has implications for cognitive processing and language evolution.

Author : David Odden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005-02-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521826693

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Introducing Phonology by David Odden Pdf

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Author : Martha C. Pennington
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317893172

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Phonology in English Language Teaching by Martha C. Pennington Pdf

Phonology in English Language Teaching is an introductory text, specifically directed at the needs of language teachers internationally. Combining an overview of English phonology with structured practical guidance, this text shows how phonology can be applied in the classroom. An introductory chapter provides the philosophical framework, followed by separate chapters on the phonology of consonants, vowels and prosody. As well as presenting core material on English phonology, the book explores the relationship of orthography to the English sound system from a historical and a present-day perspective. The final chapter focuses on lesson design and provides practical advice to teachers on diagnosing and responding to students' pronunciation difficulties. As central themes, the book examines English seen from the perspective of international usage and considers the relationship of phonology to communication and the broader language curriculum. Consistent with its practical and communicative orientation each chapter concludes with pedagogical exercises and ideas for classroom and community research projects.

Author : Martha C. Pennington
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317893189

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Phonology in English Language Teaching by Martha C. Pennington Pdf

Phonology in English Language Teaching is an introductory text, specifically directed at the needs of language teachers internationally. Combining an overview of English phonology with structured practical guidance, this text shows how phonology can be applied in the classroom. An introductory chapter provides the philosophical framework, followed by separate chapters on the phonology of consonants, vowels and prosody. As well as presenting core material on English phonology, the book explores the relationship of orthography to the English sound system from a historical and a present-day perspective. The final chapter focuses on lesson design and provides practical advice to teachers on diagnosing and responding to students' pronunciation difficulties. As central themes, the book examines English seen from the perspective of international usage and considers the relationship of phonology to communication and the broader language curriculum. Consistent with its practical and communicative orientation each chapter concludes with pedagogical exercises and ideas for classroom and community research projects.

Author : Jette G. Hansen Edwards,Mary L. Zampini
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008-03-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027291394

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Phonology and Second Language Acquisition by Jette G. Hansen Edwards,Mary L. Zampini Pdf

This volume is a collection of 13 chapters, each devoted to a particular issue that is crucial to our understanding of the way learners acquire, learn, and use an L2 sound system. In addition, it spans both theory and application in L2 phonology. The book is divided into three parts, with each section unified by broad thematic content: Part I, “Theoretical Issues and Frameworks in L2 Phonology,” lays the groundwork for examining L2 phonological acquisition. Part II, “Second Language Speech Perception and Production,” examines these two aspects of L2 speech in more detail. Finally, Part III, “Technology, Training, and Curriculum,” bridges the gap between theory and practice. Each chapter examines theoretical frameworks, major research findings (both classic and recent), methodological issues and choices for conducting research in a particular area of L2 phonology, and major implications of the research findings for more general models of language acquisition and/or pedagogy.

Author : Niels O. Schiller,Antje S. Meyer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110895094

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Phonetics and Phonology in Language Comprehension and Production by Niels O. Schiller,Antje S. Meyer Pdf

This edited volume investigates the role of phonetics and phonology in psycholinguistics. Speaking and understanding spoken language both engage phonological and phonetic knowledge. There are detailed models of phonological and phonetic encoding in language production and there are equally refined models of phonetic and phonological processing in language comprehension. However, since most psycholinguists work on either language production or comprehension, the relationship between the two has received surprisingly little attention. Prominent researchers in various areas of psycholinguistics were invited to discuss this relationship focusing on the phonological and phonetic components.

Author : Diana Archangeli ,Douglas Pulleyblank
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961103355

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Emergent phonology by Diana Archangeli ,Douglas Pulleyblank Pdf

To what extent do complex phonological patterns require the postulation of universal mechanisms specific to language? In this volume, we explore the Emergent Hypothesis, that the innate language-specific faculty driving the shape of adult grammars is minimal, with grammar development relying instead on cognitive capacities of a general nature. Generalisations about sounds, and about the way sounds are organised into meaningful units, are constructed in a bottom-up fashion: As such, phonology is emergent. We present arguments for considering the Emergent Hypothesis, both conceptually and by working through an extended example in order to demonstrate how an adult grammar might emerge from the input encountered by a learner. Developing a concrete, data-driven approach, we argue that the conventional, abstract notion of unique underlying representations is unmotivated; such underlying representations would require some innate principle to ensure their postulation by a learner. We review the history of the concept and show that such postulated forms result in undesirable phonological consequences. We work through several case studies to illustrate how various types of phonological patterns might be accounted for in the proposed framework. The case studies illustrate patterns of allophony, of productive and unproductive patterns of alternation, and cases where the surface manifestation of a feature does not seem to correspond to its morphological source. We consider cases where a phonetic distinction that is binary seems to manifest itself in a way that is morphologically ternary, and we consider cases where underlying representations of considerable abstractness have been posited in previous frameworks. We also consider cases of opacity, where observed phonological properties do not neatly map onto the phonological generalisations governing patterns of alternation.

Author : Günter Rohdenburg,Julia Schlüter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-22
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781139474238

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One Language, Two Grammars? by Günter Rohdenburg,Julia Schlüter Pdf

It is well known that British and American English differ substantially in their pronunciation and vocabulary - but differences in their grammar have largely been underestimated. This volume focuses on British–American differences in the structure of words and sentences and supports them with computer-aided studies of large text collections. Present-day as well as earlier forms of the two varieties are included in the analyses. This makes it the first book-length treatment of British and American English grammar in contrast, with topics ranging from compound verbs to word order differences and tag questions. The authors explore some of the better-known contrasts, as well as a great variety of innovative themes that have so far received little or no consideration. Bringing together the work of a team of leading scholars in the field, this book will be of interest to those working within the fields of English historical linguistics, language variation and change, and dialectology.

Author : Ralph Fasold,Jeffrey Connor-Linton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006-03-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521847681

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An Introduction to Language and Linguistics by Ralph Fasold,Jeffrey Connor-Linton Pdf

This accessible textbook offers balanced and uniformly excellent coverage of modern linguistics.

Author : Joan Bybee
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780195301564

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Frequency of Use and the Organization of Language by Joan Bybee Pdf

This volume collects three decades of articles by distinguish linguist Joan Bybee. Her articles essentially argue for the importance of frequency of use as a factor in the analysis and explanation of language structure. Her work has been very influential for a broad range of researchers in linguistics, particularly in discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, phonology, phonetics, and historical linguistics.