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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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