Advances in Sociophonetics.

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Imprint:Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2014]
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Studies in language variation ; v. 15
Studies in language variation ; v. 15.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11230698
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Other authors / contributors:Celata, Chiara, 1979- editor.
Calamai, Silvia, editor.
ISBN:9789027270504
9027270503
9781306841887
1306841887
9027234957
9789027234957
9789027234957
Notes:Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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Summary:This paper describes the phonetic form, the distribution and the possible functions of ejectives in English and German, proposing that ejectives are on the increase in different varieties in English. The problems of teasing apart the different contributions of allophonic regularity, interactional function, sociophonetic variability and epiphenomenal inevitability in accounting for ejectives in English are discussed. Possible production mechanisms behind ejectives in both languages are explored and doubt is cast on previous epiphenomenal accounts which have ignored the importance of a pulmonic.
Other form:Print version: Advances in Sociophonetics. Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company [2014] 9789027234957
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Summary:Sociophonetics is a privileged domain for the investigation of language variation and change. By combining theoretical reflections and sophisticated techniques of analysis - both phonetic and statistical - it is possible to extrapolate the role of individual factors (socio-cultural, physiological, communicative-interactional, etc.) in the multidimensional space of speech variation.<br> <br> This book investigates the fundamental relationship between speech variation and the social background of speakers from articulatory, acoustic, dialectological, and conversational perspectives, thus breaking new ground with respect to classical variationist and dialectological studies. Specialists from a broad range of disciplines - including phonetics, phonology, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and cognitive linguistics - will find innovative suggestions for multiple approaches to language variation. Although presuming some basic knowledge of experimental phonetics and sociolinguistics, the book is addressed to all readers with an interest in speech and language variation mechanisms in social interaction.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
ISBN:9789027270504
9027270503
9781306841887
1306841887
9027234957
9789027234957