1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464654903321

Autore

Newman Michael

Titolo

New York City English / / Michael Newman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-61451-213-2

1-61451-212-4

1-5015-0060-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Dialects of English ; ; volume 10

Classificazione

HF 980

Disciplina

427.97471

Soggetti

English language - Dialects - New York (State) - New York

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geography demography and cultural factors -- 3 Phonetics and Phonology -- 4 Morphology and Syntax -- 5 Discourse Factors -- 6 Lexicon -- 7 The History and Study of NYCE -- 8 Conclusion -- 9 Appendix A: Short Biographical Descriptions of the BQ-16 -- 10 Appendix B: Transcriptions of NYCE Speakers -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

New York City English is one of the most recognizable of US dialects, and research on it launched modern sociolinguistics. Yet the city's speech has never before received a comprehensive description and analysis. In this book, Michael Newman examines the differences and similarities among the ways English is spoken by the extraordinarily diverse population living in the NY dialect region. He uses data from a variety of sources including older dialectological accounts, classic and recent variationist studies, and original research on speakers from around the dialect region. All levels of language are explored including phonology, morphosyntax, lexicon, and discourse along with a history of English in the region. But this book provides far more than a dialectological and historical inventory of linguistic features. The forms used by different groups of New Yorkers are discussed in terms of their complex social meanings. Furthermore, Newman illustrates the varied



forms of sociolinguistic significance with examples from the personal experiences of a variety of New Yorkers and includes links to sound files on the publisher's site and videos on YouTube. The result is a rigorous but accessible and compelling account of the English spoken in this great city.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830159403321

Autore

Middleton David <1920->

Titolo

Non-Gaussian statistical communication theory / / David Middleton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley-IEEE Press, , 2012

[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : , : IEEE Xplore, , [2012]

ISBN

1-118-16195-5

1-283-55015-6

9786613862600

1-118-16193-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (661 p.)

Collana

IEEE series on digital & mobile communication ; ; 22

Classificazione

SCI067000

Disciplina

003.54

003/.54

621.382

Soggetti

Statistical communication theory

Information theory - Statistical methods

Gaussian processes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Reception as a Statistical Decision Problem -- Space-Time Covariances and Wave Number Frequency Spectra: I. Noise and Signals with Continuous and Discrete Sampling -- Optimum Detection, Space₆Time Matched Filters, and Beam Forming in Gaussian Noise Fields -- Multiple Alternative Detection -- Bayes Extraction Systems: Signal Estimation and Analysis, () = 1 -- Joint Detection and Estimation, () = 1: I. Foundations -- Joint Detection and Estimation under Uncertainty, () < 1. II. Multiple Hypotheses and Sequential Observations -- The Canonical Channel I: Scalar Field Propagation in a Deterministic Medium



-- The Canonical Channel II: Scattering in Random Media; 'Classical' Operator Solutions -- Appendix A1 -- Index -- IEEE Press Series on Digital and Mobile Communication.

Sommario/riassunto

"The book is based on the observation that communication is the central operation of discovery in all the sciences. In its "active mode" we use it to "interrogate" the physical world, sending appropriate "signals" and receiving nature's "reply". In the "passive mode" we receive nature's signals directly. Since we never know a priori what particular return signal will be forthcoming, we must necessarily adopt a probabilistic model of communication"--