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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463142003321

Titolo

Handbook of vowels and vowel disorders / / edited by Martin J. Ball and Fiona E. Gibbon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Psychology Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-10389-0

1-136-24685-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (845 p.)

Collana

Language and Speech Disorders Book Series ; ; 2

Altri autori (Persone)

BallMartin J (Martin John)

GibbonFiona E

Disciplina

616.85/5

Soggetti

Speech disorders

English language - Vowels

English language - United States - Pronunciation

Vowels

Electronic books.

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

Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 Development of the Vowel Space in Children: Anatomical and Acoustic Aspects; Chapter 2 Normal Vowel Development; Chapter 3 The Contribution of Phonetics to the Study of Vowel Development and Disorders; Chapter 4 The Acoustic Measurement of Vowels; Chapter 5 Vowel Imaging; Chapter 6 Vowel Perception in Normal Speakers; Chapter 7 Cross-linguistic Study of Vowel Systems; Chapter 8 Sociolinguistic Variation in Vowels; Chapter 9 Recurring Patterns and Idiosyncratic Systems in Some English Children with Vowel Disorders

Chapter 10 The Memphis Vowel Project: Vowel Errors in Children with and without Phonological DisordersChapter 11 Context Conditioned Error Patterns in Disordered Systems; Chapter 12 Vowel Production in Childhood and Acquired Apraxia of Speech; Chapter 13 Vowels in Foreign Accent Syndrome; Chapter 14 Vowel Disorders in Hearing Impairment; Chapter 15 Vowel Perception in Listeners with Cochlear Implants; Chapter 16 Clinical Phonology of Vowel Disorders; Chapter



17 Therapy for Abnormal Vowels in Children with Speech Disorders; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the general study of speech and phonetics, vowels have stood in second place to consonants. But what vowels are, how they differ from one another, how they vary among speakers, and how they are subject to disorder, are questions that require a closer examination.This Handbook presents a comprehensive, cogent, and up-to-date analysis of the vowel, including its typical development in children's speech, description by perceptual and instrumental methods, cross-linguistic and sociolinguistic aspects, and disorders of its production and use. It approaches the problems of vowel

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451484703321

Autore

Dieterlen Paulette <1947->

Titolo

Poverty [[electronic resource] ] : a philosophical approach / / Paulette Dieterlen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York, NY, : Rodopi, 2005

ISBN

94-012-0284-2

1-4237-9105-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Collana

Rodopi philosophical studies ; ; 6

Disciplina

362.501

Soggetti

Poor - Mexico

Poverty - Mexico

Electronic books.

Mexico Economic conditions 1994-

Mexico Social policy

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.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Introduction; I. Two Concepts of Poverty; II. Criteria of Distribution; III. The Rights of the Poor and Our Obligations Toward Them; IV. Utility and Norms in the Study of Poverty; V. Equality; Conclusions; References

Sommario/riassunto

In Poverty: a philosophical approach , the author studies various



philosophical issues concerning poverty in the Program for Education, Health and Food (PROGRESA) that was in effect in Mexico, from 1997 to 2002, and shows how theoretical discussion is necessary to clarify some ideas concerning the application of a social policy.Poverty is one of the main problems concerning economics, political philosophy, and ethics. It is an ethical problem because of its relationship with self-esteem. Since poverty is intimately related to social policies, the philosophy of poverty must consider the distrib