English speech rhythm : form and function in everyday verbal interaction /

This monograph reconsiders the question of speech isochrony, the regular recurrence of (stressed) syllables in time, from an empirical point of view. It proposes a methodology for discovering isochrony auditorily in speech and for verifying it instrumentally in the acoustic laboratory. In a small-sc...

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Main Author: Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1993
Series:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 25.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central