English as a Global Language

English as a Global Language
Author: David Crystal
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2012-03-29
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1107611806

Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language.

An Introduction to Language and Linguistics

An Introduction to Language and Linguistics
Author: Ralph Fasold
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2006-03-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0521847680

This accessible textbook offers balanced and uniformly excellent coverage of modern linguistics.

Intonational Phonology

Intonational Phonology
Author: D. Robert Ladd
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2008-12-04
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1139473999

This second edition presents a completely revised overview of research on intonational phonology since the 1970s, including new material on research developments since the mid 1990s. It contains a new section discussing the research on the alignment of pitch features that has developed since the first edition was published, a substantially rewritten section on ToBI transcription that takes account of the application of ToBI principles to other languages, and new sections on the phonetic research on accent and focus. The substantive chapters on the analysis and transcription of pitch contours, pitch range, sentence stress and prosodic structure have been reorganised and updated. In addition, there is an associated website with sound files of the example sentences discussed in the book. This well-known study will continue to appeal to researchers and graduate students who work on any aspect of intonation.