LEADER 03508nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910456277403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-09267-0 010 $a9786613092670 010 $a90-272-8583-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000000032480 035 $a(EBL)680391 035 $a(OCoLC)715294262 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000536289 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11335091 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536289 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10547096 035 $a(PQKB)11338691 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001293307 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12521064 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001293307 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11311439 035 $a(PQKB)23174698 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC680391 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL680391 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10463004 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000032480 100 $a19930108d1993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEnglish speech rhythm$b[electronic resource] $eform and function in everyday verbal interaction /$fElizabeth Couper-Kuhlen 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia [Pa.] $cJ. Benjamins$d1993 215 $a1 online resource (360 p.) 225 1 $aPragmatics & beyond. New ser.,$x0922-842X ;$v25 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-272-5037-5 311 $a1-55619-293-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [313]-333) and index. 327 $aENGLISH 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; CONCLUSION 327 $aAPPENDIX 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 Series 330 $aThis monograph reconsiders the question of speech isochrony, the regular recurrence of (stressed) syllables in time, from an empirical point of view. It proposes a methodology for discovering isochrony auditorily in speech and for verifying it instrumentally in the acoustic laboratory. In a small-scale study of an English conversational extract, the gestalt-like rhythmic structures which isochrony creates are shown to have a hierarchical organization. Then in a large-scale study of a corpus of British and American radio phone-in programs and family table conversations, the function of s 410 0$aPragmatics & beyond.$pNew ser. ;$v25. 606 $aEnglish language$xRhythm 606 $aEnglish language$xSpoken English 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish language$xRhythm. 615 0$aEnglish language$xSpoken English. 676 $a421/.6 700 $aCouper-Kuhlen$b Elizabeth$0153973 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456277403321 996 $aEnglish speech rhythm$9749048 997 $aUNINA