New perspectives on English word stress /
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 histo...
| Other Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2023].
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| Summary: | 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 and stress in Singapore English. The book presents new data and provides the reader with access to various approaches to English word stress in phonology. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 329 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 139951993X 9781399519939 |