Routledge Handbook of Sociophonetics

Christopher Strelluf is an associate professor of linguistics at the University of Warwick. His research interests include sociophonetics, language variation and change, and dialectology.Editorial BoardJohn H. Esling, University of Victoria, CanadaPaul Foulkes, University of York, UKJane Stuart-Smith, University of Glasgow, UKMeghan Sumner, Stanford University, USAErik R. Thomas, North Carolina State University, USA

• ContributorsOverview1 Sociophonetics and the sociolinguistic- phonetic interface: a radical introductionChristopher StrellufSECTION 1Units of analysis2 Sociophonetics and intonation: a proposal for socioprosodicsErin O’Rourke and Mary Baltazani3 Sociophonetics and speech rate and pauseTyler Kendall4 Sociophonetics and tone: the world of sociotoneticsJames N. Stanford and Cathryn Yang5 Sociophonetics and phonationLisa Davidson6 Sociophonetics and vowelsFelicity Cox and Gerard Docherty7 Sociophonetics and stopsEleanor Chodroff and Paul Foulkes8 Sociophonetics and fricativesWhitney Chappell, Christina García, and Justin Davidson9 Sociophonetics and rhoticsKoen Sebregts, Roeland van Hout, and Hans Van de Velde10 Sociophonetics and lateralsDanielle Turton11 Sociophonetics and vowel nasalityChristopher Carignan and Georgia ZellouSECTION 2Applications12 Sociophonetics and dialectologyDominic Watt, Margaret E.L. Renwick, and Joseph A. Stanley13 Sociophonetics and sound changeCharles Boberg14 Sociophonetics and identityErez Levon and Stamatina Katsiveli15 Sociophonetics and psycholinguisticsPaul Warren16 Sociophonetics and language prejudice: Accent matters: a socio- psychological perspective on sociophoneticsMarta Witkowska, Silvia Filippi, Magdalena Formanowicz, and Caterina Suitner17 Sociophonetics and oral historySilvia Calamai18 Sociophonetics and language documentation and revitalizationMarianna Di Paolo19 Sociophonetics and multilingualismBronwen G. Evans and Gisela Tomé Lourido20 Sociophonetics and second language acquisitionKsenia Gnevsheva21 Sociophonetics and speech- language pathologyToby Macrae and Margaret MaclaganSECTION 3Sociophonetics around the world22 Sociophonetics and signed languagesAmelia A. Becker, Julie A. Hochgesang, Meredith Tamminga, and Jami N. Fisher23 Sociophonetics and South African studies: focus on ethnicityRajend Mesthrie, Alida Chevalier, Yolandi Ribbens- Klein, Tracey Toefy, and Bruce Wileman24 Sociophonetics and JapaneseKenjirō Matsuda, Shoji Takano, Yoshiyuki Asahi, and Ichiro Ota25 Sociophonetics and FrenchAurélie Nardy and Maria Candea26 Sociophonetics and ArabicGhada Khattab and Paul Foulkes27 Sociophonetics and SpanishesScott Sadowsky28 Sociophonetics and ChineseJingwei Zhang, Weijie Tan, and Christopher Strelluf

The Routledge Handbook of Sociophonetics covers the field comprehensively. Each chapter contains an extensive literature review and an example of empirical research on its topic. These features make this book an essential reference for anyone embarking on sociophonetic research of any kind. Erik R. Thomas, North Carolina State University, USA