Studies in General and English Phonetics: Essays in Honour of Professor J.D. O'Connor [Paperback]

Rhythm, intonation, exotic and familiar languages as well as computer-sythesized audio-communications, procedures in forensic linguistics, pronunciation lexicography, language change and sociological aspects of speech such as English regional accents and dialects in Britain and other parts of the world are covered in these thirty-eight articles in tribute to Professor J.D. O'Connor by an international list of contributors, including many world famous names. With an invaluable up-to-date bibliography, no university library will be complete without it.This collection of essays in honour of J.D. O'Connor, by an international list of contributors cover such subjects as rhythm, intonation, forensic linguistics, pronunciation, and sociological aspects of speech such as accents.'In summary, then, this is the kind of book which has something for everyone and lives up to the expectations raised by it sister volume.' - English Language & Linguistics, Vol 2. No. 1. 1998I: General Phonetics and Phonological Theory; 1: On some neutralisations and archiphonemes in English allegro speech; 2: The phonetics of neutralisation; 3: Some articulatory characteristics of the tap; 4: Assimilations of alveolar stops and nasals in connected speech; 5: Field procedures in forensic speaker recognition; 6: Voice types in automated telecommunications applications; 7: The effect of context on the transcription of vowel quality; 8: Place of articulation features for clicks; 9: Postura; II: Pitch, Intonation and Rhythm; 10: Spelling aloud; 11: Rises in English; 12: Documenting rhythmical change; 13: The social distribution of intonation patterns in Belfast; 14: Principles of intonational typology; 15: Intonational stereotype; 16: Speech fundamental frequency over the telephone and face-to-face; 17: The effect of emphasis on declination in English intonation; 18: Nucleus placement in English and Spanish; 19: Rhythm and duration in Spanish; 20: ThlÓ.