This comprehensive introduction discusses detailed methods of analyzing consonants, vowels, prosody and voice quality. Extensively illustrated, and with a focus on language variation, it provides explanations for conducting acoustic analyses and perception experiments and covers a variety of theoretical approaches. ERIK R. THOMAS is Professor in the Department of English at North Carolina State University, USA. He has conducted research on various sociophonetic topics, including aspects of both production and perception. He is the author of'An Acoustic Analysis of Vowel Variation in New World English' and (with WaltWolfram) 'The Development of Africa American English.' INDICE: - Preface - The Place of Sociophonetics - Production - Perception - Consonants - Vowels - Prosody - Voice Quality - Combinations of Different Types of Features - Variation and the Cognitive Processing of Sounds - Sound Change - Social Factors and Phonetics - Lateral Transfer - Notes - References - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-22455-1
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 376
- Fecha Publicación: 14/12/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido