Phonology in Context / Edition 1

by M. Pennington

Overview

Phonology in Context takes a fresh look at phonology in a range of real-world contexts that go beyond traditional concerns and challenge existing assumptions and practices. It brings together research and theory from a range of research areas to suggest new directions for the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403935373
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	02/01/2007
Series:	Palgrave Advances in Language and Linguistics Series
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

DOROTHY M. CHUN is Professor of German and Applied Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
ELIZABETH COUPER-KUHLEN holds the Chair in Present-day English Language and Linguistics at the University of Potsdam, Germany
PAOLA ESCUDERO is a Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Phonetic Sciences of the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
FIONA E. GIBBON is Professor and Head of Speech and Hearing Sciences at Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh, UK
DEBRA M. HARDISON is Associate Professor of Linguistics in the MA TESOL and PhD Second Language Studies Programmes at Michigan State University, USA
PAUL KERSWILL is Professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University, UK
KEIKO KODA is Professor of Modern Languages at Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania, USA
APRIL MCMAHON is Forbes Professor of English Language at the University of Edinburgh, UK
LINDA SHOCKEY is Lecturer in Linguistics at Reading University, UK
NORVAL SMITH is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SHELLEY L. VELLEMAN is Associate Professor of Communication Disorders at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
MARILYN M. VIHMAN holds the Chair in Developmental Psychology at the University of Wales, Bangor, UK

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors The Context of Phonology; M.C.Pennington Phonology in Infancy and Early Childhood: Implications for Theories of Language Learning; S.L.Velleman & M.M.Vihman The Description and Acquisition of Variable Phonological Patterns: Phonology and Sociolinguistics; P.Kerswill & L.Shockey Contact Phonology; N.Smith Second-Language Phonology: The Role of Perception; P.Escudero The Visual Element in Phonological Perception and Learning; D.M.Hardison Sounds, Brain, and Evolution: Or, Why Phonology Is Plural; A.McMahon Situated Phonologies: Patterns of Phonology in Discourse Contexts; E.Couper-Kuhlen Phonology and Literacy; K.Koda Research and Practice in Developmental Phonological Disorders; F.E.Gibbon Technological Advances in Researching and Teaching Phonology; D.M.Chun Index

Editorial Reviews

'Readers will experience the kind of intellectual excitement that comes with an academic subject being brought back to life for them. It is a must-read for graduate students and researchers, for whom it will be an indispensable reference.' - K. K. Luke, University of Hong Kong

'Martha Pennington has gathered here researchers at the cutting edge...enabling a synthesis which marks the vibrancy, theoretical sophistication, and broad applicability of phonology as it is understood today. Common to these new understandings are realizations of how phonology is shaped by dynamic processes of usage. This book will stimulate and inform experts and novices alike.' - Nick Ellis, University of Michigan

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