1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910574860703321

Autore

Larner A. J.

Titolo

Transient global amnesia : from patient encounter to clinical neuroscience / / A. J. Larner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

9783030989392

9783030989385

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 pages)

Disciplina

616.85232

Soggetti

Transient global amnesia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNICASRML0285218

Autore

Peruzzi, Emilio

Titolo

Money in early Rome / Emilio Peruzzi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Firenze, : Olschki, 1985

ISBN

8822234073

Descrizione fisica

294 p., [6] c. di tav. ; 25 cm

Collana

Accademia Toscana di Scienze e Lettere "La Colombaria" ; 73

Disciplina

332.49

Soggetti

Roma antica - Politica economica

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910253334703321

Autore

Fuchs Robert

Titolo

Speech Rhythm in Varieties of English : Evidence from Educated Indian English and British English / / by Robert Fuchs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-662-47818-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Prosody, Phonology and Phonetics, , 2197-8700

Disciplina

420.141

Soggetti

Phonology

Applied linguistics

Comparative linguistics

Phonology and Phonetics

Applied Linguistics

Comparative Linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; References; Contents; Abbreviations; Abbreviations of Rhythm Metrics (Details on pp. 39-41 and 78-79); 1 Introduction: Why a Study on the Speech Rhythm of Indian English and British English Is Necessary; References; 2 The Historical and Social Context of Indian English; 2.1 Use of English in India; 2.1.1 Development and Classification of Indian English; 2.1.2 The Linguistic Landscape of India; 2.1.3 Number of Speakers and Sociolinguistic Varieties of Indian English; 2.2 The Phonetics and Phonology of Indian English; 2.2.1 Segmental Characteristics; 2.2.1.1 Vowels; 2.2.1.2 Consonants

2.2.2 Suprasegmental Characteristics2.2.2.1 Intonation; 2.2.2.2 Speech Rhythm; References; 3 The Concept and Measurement of Speech Rhythm; 3.1 Approaches to Speech Rhythm; 3.2 Speech Rhythm Metrics Based on Duration; 3.3 Robustness and Normalisation: Which Metric Is More Reliable?; 3.4 Remaining Theoretical and Empirical Problems; 3.4.1 An Empirical Problem; 3.4.2 Lack of Theoretical Grounding and Testing of Hypotheses; 3.4.3 Perceptual Grounding; 3.4.4 Other Criticisms; 3.5 Rhythm Metrics Based on Acoustic Correlates Other than Duration; 3.5.1 Intensity; 3.5.2 Loudness

3.5.3 Fundamental Frequency (f0)3.5.4 Sonority; 3.5.5 Summary; 3.6 Conclusions; References; 4 Speech Rhythm in Varieties of English; 4.1 Degrees of Syllable and Stress Timing in Varieties of English; 4.2 Hypotheses for the Study of Indian English Speech Rhythm; References; 5 Data and Methods; 5.1 Description of the Material and Tasks; 5.2 Recording Procedure; 5.3 Sociological Profile of the Speakers; 5.4 Annotation of the Data; 5.5 Calculation of the Rhythm Metrics; 5.6 Statistical Analysis; References; 6 Speech Rhythm in Indian English and British English

6.1 Vocalic and Consonantal Durations6.1.1 Results; 6.1.2 Discussion; 6.2 Syllable Durations; 6.2.1 Results; 6.2.1.1 Syllabification Across Word Boundaries; 6.2.1.2 Syllabification Within Word Boundaries; 6.2.1.3 Automatic Syllabification; 6.2.2 Discussion; 6.3 Sonority; 6.3.1 Automatic; 6.3.2 Duration Based; 6.3.3 Discussion; 6.4 Voicing; 6.4.1 Results; 6.4.2 Discussion; 6.5 Fundamental Frequency; 6.5.1 Results; 6.5.2 Discussion; 6.6 Intensity; 6.6.1 Results; 6.6.2 Discussion; 6.7 Loudness; 6.7.1 Results; 6.7.2 Discussion; 6.8 Speech Rate; 6.8.1 Results; 6.8.2 Discussion

6.9 Word-Initial Glottal Stop Insertion Before Vowels6.9.1 Results; 6.9.2 Discussion; 6.10 Discussion; References; 7 The Perception of Speech Rhythm in Indian English and British English; 7.1 Mixing and Suppressing Acoustic Cues with Resynthesis; 7.2 Accent Discrimination; 7.2.1 Previous Research; 7.2.2 Pilot Study; 7.2.2.1 Hypotheses; 7.2.2.2 Stimuli and Methods; 7.2.2.3 Results; 7.2.2.4 Discussion; 7.2.3 Main Study; 7.2.3.1 Hypotheses; 7.2.3.2 Results; 7.2.3.3 Discussion; 7.3 Attending to One of Two Simultaneous Talkers (`Cocktail Party Effect'); 7.3.1 Previous Research; 7.3.2 Pilot Study

7.3.2.1 Hypotheses

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses the question whether Educated Indian English is more syllable-timed than British English from two standpoints: production and perception. Many post-colonial varieties of English, which are mostly spoken as a second language in countries such as India, Nigeria and the Philippines, are thought to have a syllable-timed rhythm, whereas first language varieties such as British English are characterized as being stress-timed. While previous studies mostly relied on a single acoustic correlate of speech rhythm, usually duration, the author proposes a multidimensional approach to the production of speech rhythm that takes into account various acoustic correlates. The



results reveal that the two varieties differ with regard to a number of dimensions, such as duration, sonority, intensity, loudness, pitch, and glottal stop insertion. The second part of the study addresses the question whether the difference in speech rhythm between Indian and British English is perceptually relevant, based on intelligibility and dialect discrimination experiments. The results reveal that speakers generally find the rhythm of their own variety more intelligible, and that listeners can identify which variety a speaker is using on the basis of differences in speech rhythm.