New Perspectives on English Word Stress

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Av Eiji Yamada, Anne Przewozny, Jean-Michel Fournier, Nicolas Ballier, Japan) Yamada, Eiji (Professor of English Linguistics, Fukuoka University, Universite Toulouse Jean Jaures) Przewozny, Anne (Professor of English Linguistics, France) Fournier, Jean-Michel (Professor of English Linguistics, University of Tours, France) Ballier, Nicolas (Professor of English Linguistics, Universite Paris Cite

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The study of English word stress: New perspectives on its history, current state and issuesExplores a range of approaches and topics including the Guierrian School of phonology, the relevance of orthography in English phonology, stress placement in English verbs and the diversity of EnglishesExamines word stress in English and the diversity of Englishes with discussion of Australian and Singaporean EnglishBrings together contributors from France, Japan and the USIncludes over 60 tables and figures to clearly demonstrate key concepts, data and ideasNew Perspectives on English Word Stress explores the mechanism of word stress assignment in contemporary English from different methodological and theoretical perspectives. Comprising nine chapters, these approaches include a historical overview of the study of stress; the relationship between historic changes in stress and meaning; the relationship between spelling and stress; syllable weight and stress; the theoretical treatment of exceptions; stress mechanisms in Australian English; and stress in Singapore English. The book presents new data and provides the reader with access to various approaches to English word stress in phonology.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-07-10
Mått170 x 244 x 30 mm
Vikt760 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor269
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781399519939

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List of FiguresList of Tables List of AppendixesList of ContributorsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: English Word Stress: Theories, Data and Variation - Eiji Yamada, Anne Przewozny, Jean-Michel Fournier and Nicolas Ballier1. On the Treatment of English Word Stress within the Generative Tradition: History, Concepts and Debates - Jacques Durand and Eiji Yamada2. English Word Stress and the Guierrian School - Quentin Dabouis, Jean-Michel Fournier, Pierre Fournier and Marjolaine Martin 3. Stress Placement in Etymologically Prefixed Disyllabic Noun/Verb Pairs Revisited: A Semantic and Diachronic Approach - Jérémy Castanier4. English Phonology and the Literate Speaker: Some Implications for Lexical Stress - Quentin Dabouis5. The Stress Patterns of English Verbs: Syllable Weight and Morphology - Quentin Dabouis and Jean-Michel Fournier6. Lexical Stress in Varieties of Australian English: A Corpus-Based Exploration - Anne Przewozny and Marjolaine Martin7. Melodic Complexity and Lexical Stress in Singapore English: An Experimental Study - Gabor Turcsan and Oriana Reid-Collins8. Input Optimization and Lexical Stress in English - Michael Hammond9. A Solution to Theoretical Shortcomings in the Stress Assignment of Words in English - Eiji YamadaIndex