5,613円 An accessible yet in-depth introductory textbook on the basic concepts of phonetics, fully updated and revised This broad, interdisciplinary textbook investigates how speech can be written down, how speech is produced, its acoustic characteristics, and how listeners perceive speech. Phonetics: Tr...

6,204円 The new edition of the leading textbook for English applied phonetics and phonology A leading textbook for English Phonetics and Phonology, the fourth edition of Applied English Phonology is an accessible, authoritative introduction to the English sound system. Providing clear explanations and nu...

19,732円 This book provides a comprehensive overview of current research in African languages, drawing on insights from anthropological linguistics, typology, historical and comparative linguistics, and sociolinguistics. Africa is believed to host at least one third of the world's languages, usually class...

150円 In "Alphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallum and Lummi," George Gibbs presents a meticulously compiled lexicon of the Clallam and Lummi languages, contributing significantly to the underrepresented study of Indigenous languages in the Pacific Northwest. Gibbs employs a systematic, alphabetized fo...

10,280円 Prosodic Phonology of the Fuzhou Dialect: Domains and Rule Application is the first attempt to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the Fuzhou phonological system from the perspective of prosodic phonology. It addresses the following issues: What prosodic constituents exist in the Fuzhou dialect a...

5,837円 The Germanic language family ranges from national languages with standardized varieties, including German, Dutch and Danish, to minority languages with relatively few speakers, such as Frisian, Yiddish and Pennsylvania German. Written by internationally renowned experts of Germanic linguistics, t...

440円 In "The Gundungurra Language," R. H. Mathews offers a meticulous study of the language spoken by the Gundungurra people of Australia, illuminating its structure, phonetics, and vocabulary. This seminal work, characterized by its exceptional attention to linguistic detail and ethnographic insight,...

440円 In 'Account of the Romansh Language,' Joseph Planta presents a comprehensive exploration of the Romansh language, a unique Romance language spoken predominantly in Switzerland. The book not only delves into the etymology, grammar, and phonetics of Romansh but also contextualizes its significance ...

5,701円 What can developments in contemporary linguistics and language theory reveal about Shakespeare's language in the plays? Shakespeare's Common Language demonstrates how methods borrowed from language criticism can illuminate the surprising expressive force of Shakespeare's common words. With chapte...

4,376円 The phonological history of Chinese can be traced back to two main traditions: one starting with the Qieyun of 601, and the other starting with the Zhongyuan Yinyun of 1324. The former marks the beginning of Middle Chinese, and the latter marks the beginning of Old Mandarin. Both of these systems...

2,652円 On the Blunt Edge: Technology in Composition’s History and Pedagogy tells the stories of composition’s techno-history, from the roads of the ancient world, which allowed students to travel to school, to the audio-visual aids that populate the classrooms of the modern world. Computers are only a s...

6,076円 This book presents the effects of perceptual training on the perception of English lexical stress in rising intonation by Mandarin-speaking EFL learners in Taiwan, and shows that these effects can be positive as well as negative. The book is of interest to researchers in lexical stress and intona...