Phonetics of English in the Nineteenth Century

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-415-34924-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 2800 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 5074 g

Reihe: Logos Studies in Language and Linguistics

Work on speech sound and the sound systems of languages can be traced back in the British Isles at least as far as the sixteenth century. It was, however, only in the nineteenth century that the word ‘phonetics’ was actually coined, and it was also at this time that a wider interest in the subject grew. This was reflected in the appearance of a large number of books and other publications dealing with speech sound, and also in the application of phonetics to such diverse areas as language teaching, elocution, teaching the deaf, shorthand writing and dialectology. The nineteenth century can therefore be said to be the era when the true foundations of the modern disciplines of phonetics and phonology were laid.

This collection features works by well-known figures such as Isaac Pitman, Alexander Ellis, Alexander Melville Bell, and Henry Sweet. In addition, contributions of less well-known contemporaries such as Laura Soames, Robert Ioan Prys and Richard Lloyd are also included.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Collins, Beverly

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Phonetik, Phonologie, Prosodie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1: Selected Writings Volume 2: Issac Pitman Volume 3: Alexander John Ellis Volume 4: A.M. and A.G. Bell Volume 5: Henry Sweet Volume 6: Laura Soames Volume 7: Walter Ripman

Über Autor(innen)

University of Leiden, The Netherlands
Copenhagen Business School, Denmark