ABSTRACT

Rhythm, intonation, exotic and familiar languages as well as computer-sythesized audio-communications, procedures in forensic linguistics, pronunciation lexicography, language change and sociological aspects of speech such as English regional accents and dialects in Britain and other parts of the world are covered in these thirty-eight articles in tribute to Professor J.D. O'Connor by an international list of contributors, including many world famous names. With an invaluable up-to-date bibliography, no university library will be complete without it.

part I|142 pages

General Phonetics and Phonological Theory

chapter 2|29 pages

The phonetics of neutralisation

The case of Australian coronals

chapter 8|9 pages

Place of articulation features for clicks

Anomalies for universals

chapter 9|13 pages

Postura

Clear and dark consonants, etcetera

part II|155 pages

Pitch, Intonation and Rhythm

chapter 10|10 pages

Spelling aloud

A preliminary study of idiomatic intonation

chapter 11|19 pages

Rises in English

chapter 12|6 pages

Documenting rhythmical change

chapter 14|24 pages

Principles of intonational typology

chapter 15|19 pages

Intonational stereotype

A re-analysis

chapter 16|11 pages

Speech fundamental frequency over the telephone and face-to-face

Some implications for forensic phonetics 1

chapter 18|11 pages

Nucleus placement in English and Spanish

A pilot study of patterns of interference

chapter 19|4 pages

Rhythm and duration in Spanish

chapter 20|8 pages

The boundaries of intonation units

part III|114 pages

The Phonetics of Mother-Tongue English

chapter 23|9 pages

A ‘tenny' rate

chapter 31|10 pages

Mixing and fudging in Midland and Southern dialects of England

The cup and foot vowels

chapter 33|12 pages

New syllabic consonants in English