The Oxford Handbook of Laboratory Phonology

by Abigail C. Cohn (Editor), Cïcile Fougeron (Editor), Marie K. Huffman (Editor)

Overview

This book provides state-of-the-art coverage of research in laboratory phonology, an interdisciplinary research perspective which brings a wide range of experimental and analytic tools to bear on the central questions of how knowledge of spoken language is structured, learned, and used. The book presents works illustrating how laboratory phonology is practiced and highlights promising areas of current research.

Contributions address how laboratory phonology approaches and methodologies have provided insight into human speech and sound structure. Part one introduces the history, nature, and aims of laboratory phonology. The remaining four parts cover central issues in research done within this perspective, as well as methodological resources used for investigating these issues. This Handbook, the first specifically dedicated to the laboratory phonology approach, builds on the foundation of knowledge amassed in linguistics, speech research and allied disciplines. With the varied interdisciplinary contributions collected, the handbook showcases work in this vibrant field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199575039
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/20/2012
Series:	Oxford Handbooks
Pages:	888
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.80(h) x 2.30(d)

About the Author

Abigail C. Cohn is Professor of Linguistics at Cornell University. Her research focuses on the relationship between phonology and phonetics and is informed by laboratory phonology approaches.

Cécile Fougeron is Research Scientist in experimental phonetics at CNRS/University of Paris 3 and co-organizer of LabPhon 10. Her research interests include the segmental manifestation of prosodic organization and the phonetic characteristics of speech disorders.

Marie K. Huffman is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Stony Brook University. Her research focuses on the acoustic analysis of speech, especially its temporal structure.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction1. Introduction, Abigail C. Cohn, Cécile Fougeron, and Marie K. Huffman2. Introduction, iPapers in Laboratory Phonology I: Between the Grammar and Physics of Speech/i, Mary E. Beckman and John Kingston3. Conceptual foundations of phonology as a laboratory science, Janet B. Pierrehumbert, Mary E. Beckman, and D. Robert LaddPart II: Nature and Types of Variation: Their interpretation within a laboratory phonology perspective4. Speaker-related variation — sociophonetic factors, Gerald Docherty and Norma Mendoza-Denton5. Integrating variation in phonological analysis, Andries W. Coetzee and Arto Anttila6. Message-related variation, Mirjam Ernestus and Yiya Chen7. System-related variation, Philip Hoole, Barbara Kühnert, and Marianne PouplierPart III: Multidimensional Representations of Knowledge of Sound Structure8. Lexical representations, Adam Albright, Aditi Lahiri, Sarah Hawkins, and Janet B. Pierrehumbert9. Phonological elements, Jeff Mielke, Elizabeth C. Zsiga, and Paul Boersma10. Organization of phonological elements, Adamantios Gafos, Louis Goldstein, Marie-Hélène Côté, and Alice Turk11. Prosodic representations, Sónia Frota, Amalia Arvaniti, and Mariapaola D'Imperio12. Phonological representations in language acquisition: Climbing the ladder of abstraction, Benjamin Munson, Jan Edwards, and Mary E. Beckman13. Changes in representations, Ioana Chitoran, Jonathan Harrington, and Robert KirchnerPart IV: Integrating Different Perspectives: Insights from production, perception, and acquisition14. Insights from perception and comprehension, Lori L. Holt and Noél Nguyen15. Emergent information level coupling between perception and production, Bob McMurray and Ashley Farris-Trimble16. Insights from acquisition and learning, Katherine Demuth, Jae Yung Song, Paola Escudero, and Rajka SmiljanicPart V: Methodologies and Resources17. Corpora, databases, and Internet resources, Jennifer Cole, Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, Dan Loehr, Linda Van Guilder, Henning Reetz, and Stefan A. Frisch18. Articulatory analysis and acoustic modeling, Khalil Iskarous, Lisa Davidson, Helen M. Hanson, and Christine H. Shadle19. Prosodic analysis, Pilar Prieto, Brechtje Post, and Francis Nolan20. Encoding, decoding, and acquisition, Jessica Maye, Niels O. Schiller, Paul Iverson, Shari R. Speer, William Idsardi, and David Poeppel21. Experimental design and data collection, James M. Scobbie, Jane Stuart-Smith, Natasha Warner, Paul Warren, and Jennifer Hay22. Statistical analyses, John Kingston, Harald Baayen, and Cynthia G. Clopper

Editorial Reviews

"The Oxford Handbook of Laboratory Phonology aims to serve as a guide to the philosophy, workings and findings of the laboratory phonology approach. It achieves this goal by bringing together leaders in the field to provide state-of-the-art reviews of how laboratory phonology has influenced research in their specialist areas."—Linguist List

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