Kendall Speech Rate, Pause and Sociolinguistic Variation

Studies in Corpus Sociophonetics
2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-29144-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 247 Seiten, eBook

This book provides a fascinating account of the psycholinguistic and social factors behind variation in speech timing in US English. With detailed discussions of its methods and data, it also acts as a valuable model for conducting corpus (socio)phonetic research.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kendall, T.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: SPEECH RATE, PAUSE, AND CORPUS SOCIOPHONETICS Looking Forward What we Know about Speech Rate and Pause New Tools and Speech Databases PART II: STUDIES IN SPEECH RATE AND PAUSE VARIATION Methods and a First Look at Speech Rate and Pause Speech Rate and Pause in Conversational Interviews Closer Looks at Speech Rate and Pause Variation: Methods and Findings Closer Looks at Speech Rate and Pause Variation: Interlocutors and Accommodation PART III: SPEECH RATE, PAUSE, AND SOCIOLINGUISTIC VARIATION The Influence of Speech Rate and Pause on Sociolinguistic Variables Looking Back and Looking Further Forward

Über Autor(innen)

TYLER KENDALL is Assistant Professor of Linguistics, University of Oregon, USA. He works on sociophonetic, corpus and computational methods in the study of language variation and change. He is the developer of numerous sociolinguistic software projects, including SLAAP, and has published several articles and book chapters about data in spoken language research.