03508nam 2200673 a 450 991045627740332120200520144314.01-283-09267-0978661309267090-272-8583-7(CKB)2550000000032480(EBL)680391(OCoLC)715294262(SSID)ssj0000536289(PQKBManifestationID)11335091(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536289(PQKBWorkID)10547096(PQKB)11338691(SSID)ssj0001293307(PQKBManifestationID)12521064(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001293307(PQKBWorkID)11311439(PQKB)23174698(MiAaPQ)EBC680391(Au-PeEL)EBL680391(CaPaEBR)ebr10463004(EXLCZ)99255000000003248019930108d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEnglish speech rhythm[electronic resource] form and function in everyday verbal interaction /Elizabeth Couper-KuhlenAmsterdam ;Philadelphia [Pa.] J. Benjamins19931 online resource (360 p.)Pragmatics & beyond. New ser.,0922-842X ;25Description based upon print version of record.90-272-5037-5 1-55619-293-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-333) and index.ENGLISH SPEECH RHYTHM; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; TABLE OF FIGURES; INTRODUCTION; I. IS THERE RHYTHM IN SPEECH?; II. DISCOVERING RHYTHM IN ENGLISH SPEECH; III. THE HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATION OF SPEECH RHYTHM; IV. ANALYZING SPEECH RHYTHM AT TURN TRANSITIONS; V. ACCOUNTING FOR SPEECH RHYTHM AT TURN TRANSITIONS; VI. INTERPRETING SPEECH RHYTHM AT SEQUENCE-EXTERNAL JUNCTURES; VII. INTERPRETING SPEECH RHYTHM AT SEQUENCE-INTERNAL JUNCTURES; VIII. INTERPRETING SPEECH RHYTHM IN SPECIFIC ACTIVITY SEQUENCES; CONCLUSIONAPPENDIX I. INSTRUMENTAL MEASUREMENTS OF PERCEPTUALLY ISOCHRONOUS SEQUENCES IN THE OPEN LINE FRAGMENTAPPENDIX II. INSTRUMENTAL MEASUREMENTS OF PERCEPTUALLY NON-ISOCHRONOUS SEQUENCES IN THE OPEN LINE FRAGMENT; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF AUTHORS AND SUBJECTS; The series Pragmatics & Beyond New SeriesThis monograph reconsiders the question of speech isochrony, the regular recurrence of (stressed) syllables in time, from an empirical point of view. It proposes a methodology for discovering isochrony auditorily in speech and for verifying it instrumentally in the acoustic laboratory. In a small-scale study of an English conversational extract, the gestalt-like rhythmic structures which isochrony creates are shown to have a hierarchical organization. Then in a large-scale study of a corpus of British and American radio phone-in programs and family table conversations, the function of sPragmatics & beyond.New ser. ;25.English languageRhythmEnglish languageSpoken EnglishElectronic books.English languageRhythm.English languageSpoken English.421/.6Couper-Kuhlen Elizabeth153973MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456277403321English speech rhythm749048UNINA