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  • The Oxford Handbook of Language and Prejudice

    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    This volume explores and rearticulates the relationship between language and prejudice. Language plays an important role in the conceptualization, enactment, and defence of prejudice at both the individual and institutional level. Language (and language users) can also be the object of prejudice, and language itself can - with some conditions - be thought of as a solution to prejudice. The ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Phonetics

    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
    Phonetics - the study and classification of speech sounds - is a major sub-discipline of linguistics. Bringing together a team of internationally renowned phoneticians, this handbook provides comprehensive coverage of the most recent, cutting-edge work in the field, and focuses on the most widely-debated contemporary issues. Chapters are divided into five thematic areas: segmental production, ... Read more

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  • Your Voice Speaks Volumes

    It's Not What You Say, But How You Say It

    by Jane Setter ...
    Why do we speak the way we do, and what do our voices tell others about us? What is the truth behind the myths that surround how we speak? Jane Setter explores these and other fascinating questions in this engaging introduction to the power and the science of the voice. The book first takes us on a tour of the sounds in our language and how we produce them, as well as how and why those sounds vary ... Read more

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    Edited by Susan Schneider, Max Velmans ...
    Updated and revised, the highly-anticipated second edition of The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness offers a collection of readings that together represent the most thorough and comprehensive survey of the nature of consciousness available today.Features updates to scientific chapters reflecting the latest research in the fieldIncludes 18 new theoretical, empirical, and methodological chapters ... Read more

    $58.00 USD

  • Research Methods in Linguistics

    A comprehensive guide to conducting research projects in linguistics, this book provides a complete training in state-of-the-art data collection, processing, and analysis techniques. The book follows the structure of a research project, guiding the reader through the steps involved in collecting and processing data, and providing a solid foundation for linguistic analysis. All major research ... Read more

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  • Foreign Accent

    The Ontogeny and Phylogeny of Second Language Phonology

    by Roy C. Major ...
    Series series Second Language Acquisition Research Series
    Even though second-language learners may master the grammar and vocabulary of the new languages, they almost never achieve a native phonology (accent). Scholars and professionals dealing with second-language learners would agree that this is one of the most persistent challenges they face.Now, for the first time, Roy Major's Foreign Accent covers the exploding scholarship in this area and lays out ... Read more

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  • Creating Language

    Integrating Evolution, Acquisition, and Processing

    A work that reveals the profound links between the evolution, acquisition, and processing of language, and proposes a new integrative framework for the language sciences.Language is a hallmark of the human species; the flexibility and unbounded expressivity of our linguistic abilities is unique in the biological world. In this book, Morten Christiansen and Nick Chater argue that to understand this ... Read more

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  • The Handbook of Phonological Theory

    Series Book 75 - Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
    The Handbook of Phonological Theory, second edition offers an innovative and detailed examination of recent developments in phonology, and the implications of these within linguistic theory and related disciplines.Revised from the ground-up for the second edition, the book is comprised almost entirely of newly-written and previously unpublished chaptersAddresses the important questions in the ... Read more

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  • The Acquisition of L2 Phonology

    The Acquisition of L2 Phonology is a wide-ranging new collection which explores various aspects of the acquisition of an L2 phonological system. It covers L2 speech production and perception, theoretical conceptualisations of L2 phonology acquisition, and the importance of the mastery of highly intelligible pronunciation as an important component of L2 education. ... Read more

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  • Discovering Speech, Words, and Mind

    Written in a lively style, Discovering Speech, Words, and Mind applies a scientific approach to the study of various aspects of speech, using everyday examples to introduce the beginning student to the world of language and cognition.An accessible introduction to the fundamentals of speech production, speech perception, word-formation, language acquisition and speech disordersConsiders how the ... Read more

    $38.00 USD

  • Second Language Speech

    Theory and Practice

    Second language acquisition has rapidly grown as a field over the past decade, as our knowledge of the ways in which children and adults learn and use a second language has become crucial for effective language teaching. In addition to this important 'applied' function, research into second language acquisition has also informed the fields of linguistics and psychology in general, as it has shed ... Read more

    $50.89 USD

  • Foundations of Voice Studies

    An Interdisciplinary Approach to Voice Production and Perception

    Foundations of Voice Studies provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the multifaceted role that voice quality plays in human existence.Offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective on all facets of voice perception, illustrating why listeners hear what they do and how they reach conclusions based on voice qualityIntegrates voice literature from a multitude of sources and ... Read more

    $49.00 USD