Coarticulation: Theory, Data and Techniques (Cambridge Studies in Speech Science and Communication) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521440270 ISBN 13: 9780521440271

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

The variation that a speech sound undergoes under the influence of neighbouring sounds has acquired the well-established label coarticulation. The phenomenon of coarticulation has become a central problem in the theory of speech production. Much experimental work has been directed towards discovering its characteristics, its extent and its occurrence across different languages. This book is a major study of coarticulation by a team of international researchers. It provides a definitive account of the experimental findings to date, together with discussions of their implications for modelling the process of speech production. Different components of the speech production system (larynx, tongue, jaw, etc.) require different techniques for investigation and a whole section of this book is devoted to a description of the experimental techniques currently used. Other chapters offer a theoretically sophisticated discussion of the implications of coarticulation for the phonology-phonetics interface.

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Product Description

HARDCASTLE, W. J. / N. HEWLETT, EDS. COARTICULATION. THEORY, DATA AND TECHNIQUES. CAMBRIDGE, 1999, xiv 386 p.,figuras. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

Book Description

Coarticulation means the overlapping gestures which occur during the pronunciation of any sequence of speech sounds. The eighteen chapters of this book cover the experimental techniques used for investigating the phenomenon, the experimental findings to date, and the theoretical background.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521440270
• ISBN 13: 9780521440271
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 404
• Editor: Hardcastle William J., Hewlett Nigel