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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817416303321

Titolo

Advances in sociophonetics / / edited by Chiara Celata, Silvia Calamai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-272-7050-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Studies in Language Variation, , 1872-9592 ; ; Volume 15

Disciplina

417

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology

Language and languages - Variation

Dialectology - Research

Sociolinguistics

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

Advances in Sociophonetics; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction: Sociophonetic perspectives on language variation; 1. Why this volume?; 2. Setting the stage: Variationism and sociolinguistics; 3. Patterns of sociophonetic variation; 4. Problematic sociophonetics; 5. Acknowledgments; References; Part I. Variation and sociolinguistics; The sociophonetic orientation  of the language learner; 1. Introduction; 2. Rejection of parental idiosyncrasy; 2.1 The King of Prussia study; 2.2 Milton Keynes; 2.3 The future in Tok Pisin

2.4 The low back merger in Eastern Massachusetts 2.5 The change of apical to uvular /r/ in Montreal; 2.6 Second vs. third generation in New York City; 2.7 The effect of ethnicity on sound change in Philadelphia; 3. Where ethnicity emerges; 4. Conclusion; References; French liaison and the lexical repository; 1. Introduction: Datum and exemplum approaches in the study  of phonological variation; 2. The distributional analysis of French liaison; 3. Results; 3.1 Distributional analysis of liaison types; 3.2 Distributional analysis of liaison consonants

3.3 Distributional analysis of liaison types according to age  and educational level 4. General discussion; 5. Conclusions; References; Part II. Sources and functions  of sociophonetic variation;



Derhoticisation in Scottish English: A sociophonetic journey; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Derhoticisation in Scottish English in the twentieth century; 2. Derhoticisation in Scottish English in the 2000's; 3. Social factors in Glaswegian derhoticisation; 4. Scottish derhoticisation and the listener; 4.1 The listener as analyst: Auditory phonetic representations  of derhoticisation

4.2 The listener in the community: Evidence from speech perception 5. The acoustic characteristics of derhoticising /r/; 6. Investigating derhoticisation using articulatory data; 6.1 Derhoticisation and gestural timing; 6.2 Tongue configuration and derhoticisation; 6.3 Accessing derhoticisation? - Back to the listener; 7. Discussion and reflection: The sociophonology  of Scottish derhoticisation; 7.1 Analytical representation of sociophonetic variation:  The speaker-hearer triangle; 7.2 Mental representation of sociophonetic variation:  A symbolic relationship?; 8. Conclusions; References

Where and what is (t,d)? A case study in taking a step back in order to advance sociophonetics 1. Introduction; 2. (t,d) and Connected Speech Processes; 2.1 Release characteristics; 2.2 Lenition; 2.2.1 Lenition patterns in word-final stops; 2.2.2 Sociolinguistic variation in lenition; 2.2.3 Contextual effects on full lenition; 2.2.4 Co-occurring patterns of lenition; 2.3 Glottalisation; 2.4 Voicing assimilation; 2.5 Place assimilation; 2.6 Coalescence; 3. Discussion; 3.1 (t,d) and CSPs; 3.2 Modelling variation in word-final stops; 4. Conclusions; References

New parameters for the sociophonetic indexes: Evidence from the Tuscan varieties of Italian

Sommario/riassunto

This paper describes the phonetic form, the distribution and the possible functions of ejectives in English and German, proposing that ejectives are on the increase in different varieties in English. The problems of teasing apart the different contributions of allophonic regularity, interactional function, sociophonetic variability and epiphenomenal inevitability in accounting for ejectives in English are discussed. Possible production mechanisms behind ejectives in both languages are explored and doubt is cast on previous epiphenomenal accounts which have ignored the importance of a pulmonic