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New Perspectives on English Word Stress

New Perspectives on English Word Stress

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New Perspectives on English Word Stress provides an in-depth exploration of the history, current state, and issues of English word stress, covering various approaches and topics such as phonology, orthography, verb stress placement, and diversity in Englishes. The book brings together contributors from France, Japan, and the US and includes over 60 tables and figures to demonstrate key concepts, data, and ideas.

Format: Hardback
Length: 269 pages
Publication date: 31 July 2023
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press


The study of English word stress: New perspectives on its history, current state, and issues

Explores a range of approaches and topics, including:

The Guierrian School of phonology

The relevance of orthography in English phonology

Stress placement in English verbs

The diversity of Englishes

Examines word stress in English and the diversity of Englishes with discussion of Australian and Singaporean English

Brings together contributors from France, Japan, and the US

Includes over 60 tables and figures to clearly demonstrate key concepts, data, and ideas

New 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

Stress in Singapore English

The book presents new data and provides the reader with access to various approaches to English word stress in phonology.

Weight: 760g
Dimension: 250 x 180 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399519939

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